The Aid Lab: Understanding Bangladesh's Unexpected Success

Author:   Naomi Hossain (Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198785507


Pages:   262
Publication Date:   23 February 2017
Format:   Hardback
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From an unpromising start as 'the basket-case' to present day plaudits for its human development achievements, Bangladesh plays an ideological role in the contemporary world order, offering proof that the neo-liberal development model works under the most testing conditions. How were such rapid gains possible in a context of chronically weak governance? The Aid Lab subjects this so-called 'Bangladesh paradox' to close scrutiny, evaluating public policies and their outcomes for poverty and development since Bangladesh's independence in 1971. Countering received wisdom that its gains owe to an early shift to market-oriented economic reform, it argues that a binding political settlement, a social contract to protect against the crises of subsistence and survival, united the elite, the masses, and their aid donors in the wake of the devastating famine of 1974. This laid resilient foundations for human development, fostering a focus on the poorest and most precarious, and in particular on the concerns of women. In chapters examining the environmental, political and socioeconomic crisis of the 1970s, the book shows how the lessons of the famine led to a robustly pro-poor growth and social policy agenda, empowering the Bangladeshi state and its non-governmental organizations to protect and enable its population to thrive in its engagements in the global economy. Now a middle-income country, Bangladesh's role as the world's laboratory for aided development has generated lessons well beyond its borders, and Bangladesh continues to carve a pioneering pathway through the risks of global economic integration and climate change.

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Author:   Naomi Hossain (Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.536kg
ISBN:  

9780198785507


ISBN 10:   019878550
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   23 February 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part 1: The Paradox 1: Bangladesh's Surprising Success 2: From Malthusia to the Bangladesh Paradox 3: The Elites, the Masses, and their Donors Part 2: The Basket Case 4: The Breaking of the Patriarchal Bargain and the Emergence of the 'Woman Issue' 5: 1974 Part 3: The Test Case for Development 6: Never Again: The Long Shadow of Famine 7: Making Bangladeshis Part 4: The Bengal Tiger 8: Aerotropolitans and Cinderellas: Bangladeshis in the Global Economy 9: What was Learned in the Aid Lab: Post-Malthusian Futures

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An excellent new book * Duncan Green, Strategic Adviser for Oxfam GB and author of How Change Happens *


Author Information

Naomi Hossain is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex. She previously worked at BRAC's Research and Evaluation Division in Bangladesh, and led on BRAC University's first State of Governance in Bangladesh report in 2006. She now focuses on the popular politics of subsistence crises around the world, leading major studies on food riots and on everyday life in a time of food price volatility. She is the author of Elite Perceptions of Poverty in Bangladesh (2005; Dhaka: University Press Limited).

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