Re: Re: on equality

["Anthony D'Costa" <dcosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately I am not professionally well versed about Bangladesh, except
that my parents and numerous relatives are from erstwhile East Bengal,
then East Pakistan, and now Bangladesh.  I visted Eats Pakistan when I
was four and Bangaldesh soon after its independence in 1973.  I am
skeptical of this story but I have a feeling that inequality was so bad that
recent growth did have some redistributive effect. Besides, some of that
Grameen bank ethos might have rubbed off the whole development enterprise,
which is heavily dependent foreign NGOs.

The source of this is from the World Bank itself.  I get a daily round up
of development news as reported by the media and collated by the Bank.

Cheers, Anthony
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Anthony P. D'Costa, Associate Professor
Comparative International Development
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On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Michael Perelman wrote:

> Anthony, do you know about Bangladesh as well as India.  Can you give any
> context to the article?
>
> On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 12:32:04PM -0800, Anthony D'Costa wrote:
> > here's a news item that might be of interest, given that textile exports
> > is very important for B'desh:
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> > BANK REPORT SEES DECLINING POVERTY IN BANGLADESH.  Poverty level in
> > Bangladesh, one of the world's most populous Muslim nations, fell over the
> > last 10 years because of healthy economic growth, Reuters notes a report
> > from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank said on Thursday.
> >
> > "In 2000, 50 percent of the country's population was poor compared to 59
> > percent in 1991-92," said the report. The country, a major textile
> > exporter, has a population of around 130 million, which is growing at
> > about
> > 1.6 percent a year. The average annual growth rate was about five percent
> > over the last decade, the report said. "Between 1991 and 2000, real GDP in
> > Bangladesh increased 60 percent averaging a growth rate of about five
> > percent per year."
> >
> > The report attributed economic growth to prudent management and
> > wide-ranging reforms introduced in the early 1990s. The reforms included
> > deregulation of the economy and investment, and liberalization of foreign
> > trade. The total population living below the poverty line was unchanged at
> > 63 million in 2000 compared with 1991/92, while people living in extreme
> > poverty dipped to 42.5 million from 45.5 million.
> >
> >
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> > Anthony P. D'Costa
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> > Comparative International Development		Fax: (253) 692-5718
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> Michael Perelman
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> California State University
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