What offers solution to the poverty reduction of the Haor people in Bangladesh? seasonal migration or a new inshore economic livelihood policy.

Rabby, T.G. and Alam, G.M. and Fredericks, L.J. and Nair, S. and Azam, M.N. and Al-Amin, A.Q. and Ahmed Sheikh, K. and Khan, I. (2011) What offers solution to the poverty reduction of the Haor people in Bangladesh? seasonal migration or a new inshore economic livelihood policy. African Journal of Business Management, 5 (23). pp. 9979-9991. ISSN 1993-8233,

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Abstract

Researches from different disciplines are yet to provide a concrete standpoint on causal relationship between poverty and migration. With a market driven attitude, seasonal migration has been increasing dramatically with a hope to reduce the poverty. So far, research has not confirmed if migration helps to reduce poverty or poverty is forced to be migrated. Whatever the fact, it would be realistic that the local community will not migrate if they find better work opportunities with higher productivity for their livings. In this paper, an effort is made to discover the possible ways to make the local community in the Haor area to be productive, ensuring their stay in their homes. A development economic policy guideline is aimed to be provided in order to make the possible ways functional. Along drawing individual and household profile of migrant, a mixed method suggests that some interventions of food stamp, infrastructure facilities and cooperative activities are necessary for in-situ socio-economic development of the Haor people. The outcomes of the study are reliable to apply in underprivileged ecological areas in other developing countries alike.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Additional Information: Corresponding author. E-mail: gazimalamb@yahoo.com, gazi_alam@iium.edu.my. Tel: +603-6196 5338. Fax: +603-6196 4851.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Poverty; Flood; Seasonal domestic migration; Haor, Livelihood; Development policies
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Faculty of Economics & Administration
Depositing User: Ms. Norhamizah Tamizi
Date Deposited: 17 Apr 2014 03:26
Last Modified: 17 Apr 2014 03:26
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/9581

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