Northeastern India and Its Neighbours: Negotiating Security and Development by Rakhee Bhattacharya

Author:Rakhee Bhattacharya [Bhattacharya, Rakhee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: International Relations, Economics, Social Science, Political Science, Business & Economics, Sociology, General
ISBN: 9781317341536
Google: SxaGDwAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 20973427
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2014-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics 2006, HIES 2005, cited in the Bangladesh Economic Review (2011), Ministry of Finance, Government of The People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

Poverty has a direct relationship with land holding. Table 4.3 shows that incidence of poverty goes down once the land ownership becomes high. Thus, both in rural and urban sectors, as population owns more land, the level of productivity also goes high and the overall poverty level tends to go down. It is interesting to see that with occupation of land more than 7.50 acres, the urban poverty actually reduces to zero. Thus, land is one of the most important determinants to measure poverty. The landless labourers, therefore, look for an opportunity to cross the border and find their livelihood in the lands in Indian territory.

Table 4.3 Incidence of Poverty by Ownership of Land in Bangladesh

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