Poverty Reduction Strategy in Bangladesh: Re-Thinking Participation in Policy Making - Hardcover

Palash Kamruzzaman

 
9781447305699: Poverty Reduction Strategy in Bangladesh: Re-Thinking Participation in Policy Making
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1447305698 ISBN 13: 9781447305699
Publisher: Policy Press, 2014

Synopsis

This book analyses government relationships with International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to evaluate the role of citizen participation in formulating national poverty reduction policies in low income countries. It investigates the idea of participation from a contrasting perspective in theory and in practice. Based on in-depth research from a case study of Bangladesh, the first part of the book explores the rhetoric of participation in development policies while the second part of the book presents empirical evidence of participation in the formulation of Bangladesh's PRSP where local level development brokers play an important role. This topical book argues that participatory policies are not enough - an overhaul is needed in the thinking of poverty reduction which will require strong political commitment - and will make essential reading for academics, students and researchers in international development studies and poverty fields.

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About the Author

Palash Kamruzzaman is a Teaching Fellow in International Development at the University of Bath, UK. He holds degrees in Anthropology and Sociology and has taught Development Studies and Social Policy in a number of British and Bangladeshi universities.

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Publisher
Policy Press
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1447305698
ISBN 13 
9781447305699
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
224