2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Rural Transformation in Bangladesh during the last 15 years : Focusing on Changes in Rural Class Structure through Re-Survey of Villages

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21580268
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Agro-economics
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	FUJITA Koichi 京都大学, 東南アジア研究所, 教授 (80272441)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	バングラデシュ / 農村変容 / 農村階層構造
Research Abstract	The transformation of rural economy in Bangladesh during the last 15-20 years was clarified through re-survey of the two villages located in different regions in the country. The major factors contributed to such a transformation were ; agricultural intensification by the diffusion of shallow tube wells, development of non-farm sectors(especially service sector) in and around the villages and labor absorption by the non-farm sectors, increase of rural-urban migration, and increase of overseas migration, etc. Although the income distribution in rural Bangladesh has worsened, such a transformation has brought about a poverty reduction and even labor shortage in agriculture in recent years.