Development Studies

The book includes revised papers presented at the conference on Emerging Global Economic Order and the Developing Countries, organized by the Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) in Dhaka in June 2004. The topics addressed are: Millennium Development Goals: Reality and Prospects; Globalization, Inequality and Poverty: Theory and Evidence; Post Cancun WTO: An Assessment; New Issues in Development Assistance: Policy Reforms, Ownership, Governance; Global Environmental Security After Rio+11: North South Divide or Unite; and Bangladesh in the World Economy: Selected Issues.

This book deals with the country boats of Bangladesh; the traditional non-mechanized vessels that have plied inland and coastal waters for hundreds of years. Country boats, of which there are several hundred thousands in a great variety of shapes and sizes, are known to play a vital role in the transport of goods and people in a country shaped by some of the world's greatest rivers.

'Capacity is the ability to perform appropriate tasks and fulfill roles effectively, efficiently and sustainably. To achieve any developmental objective individually and collectively appropriate capacity of both at the individual and organizational levels is important. Capacity of both at the individual and organizational levels is important. Capacity building is the combination of efforts, initiatives and performance to enhance and utilize skills and capabilities of people and organization or institution at local, national, regional and global levels, aims at sustaining developments.

Lacking neither in will nor in initiative, does a majority of the rural population in the developing world nevertheless continue to live bleak lives full of deprivation and vulnerabilities. Today, poverty remains the single most important challenge for much of the developing world. Viewing poverty as a multidimensional reality, this book provides a penetrating look at this most serious of contemporary problems. Taking Bangladesh as a case study, it highlights the many facets of poverty as a state and as a process.