The main aim of this article is to assess the crop diversification in different districts of Bangladesh. As there are some variations in topology and rainfall across regions, crop diversification index is computed for 23 old districts. The trend in diversification between 1980/81 and 2002/03 is...

The study of poverty dynamics is important for effective poverty alleviation policies because the changes in income poverty are also accompanied by changes in socioeconomic factors such as literacy, gender parity in school, health care, infant mortality, and asset holdings. In order to examine...

chapter 1 Introduction -- part PART I Socio-demographic issues -- chapter 2 Population and household characteristics -- part Part II: Monetary issues -- chapter 3 Distribution of household income and expenditure -- chapter 4 Household assets and liabilities -- part PART III Health and nutrition...