State, Market and society in an emerging economy : development and the political economy of Bangladesh

PART I Politics, Administration and Governance | 5

1 State and Class: The Paradox of Development and Underdevelopment | 7

QUAMRUL ALAM, RIZWAN KHAIR AND ASIF M. SHAHAN

2 Bangladesh Paradox: The Political Logic of Economic Development | 21

NIZAM AHMED AND ASIF M. SHAHAN

3 Developmental State: The Bangladesh Experience | 41

RIZWAN KHAIR, QUAMRUL ALAM AND ASIF M. SHAHAN

4 Civil Society Organizations in Postcolonial Bangladesh: A Coalition with Business, Civil–Military Bureaucracy and Partisan Politics | 57

SHAKIL AHMED

5 A Historical Analysis of the Formation of the Bangladesh Public Administration as an Institutionally Complex System | 70

SHIBAAB RAHMAN, QUAMRUL ALAM, JULIAN TEICHER AND JULIE WOLFRAM COX

6 Institutions and Economic Development in Bangladesh: Case Study of the Political Economy of Banks and Financial Institutions | 89

MANZOOR HASAN AND KAZI N. H. HAQUE

PART II State, Market and Development | 107

7 Infrastructure and Development Aspirations of Bangladesh | 109

MUHAMMAD FOUZUL KABIR KHAN AND MEHREEN ADEEBA CHOUDHURY

8 Industrial Development Policies and Performances since Independence | 131

FAHMIDA MOSTAFIZ

9 Urban Informal Credit Markets in Bangladesh | 152

MD MAIN UDDIN

10 Banking Sector in Bangladesh after Financial Liberalization: Promises and Realities | 169

MD MAIN UDDIN AND BENAZIR IMAM MAJUMDER

11 The Global Energy Crisis and South Asia: Challenges for the Future | 212

FIROZ ALAM, SAIFUDDIN AHSAN AND QUAMRUL ALAM

12 The Social Class Relationship and Agrarian Transformation in Bangladesh | 230

RANJAN SAHA PARTHA

PART III Transformation in the Economy and Society | 243

13 Urbanization, Governance and Informality | 245

MD TAIBUR RAHMAN AND KHAN RUBAYET RAHAMAN

14 Digitalization of Public Service Delivery: Impacts on Economic and Social Development in Bangladesh | 272

ANIR CHOWDHURY, ISHTIAQUE HUSSAIN AND MD ABDUL MANNAN

15 Transformation of Rural Bangladesh: Land, Labour, Credit and Agriculture | 288

BENUKA FERDOUSI AND KHANDAKER M. A. MUNIM

16 Sustainability and Climate Change: The Bangladesh Scenario | 302

NURUL QUADIR AND MOHAMMAD ASADUZZAMAN

PART IV Opportunities and Challenges | 321

17 Opportunities and Impediments: Women’s Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh | 323

AFSANA ISLAM

18 SDGs in the Era of the Pandemic: Impacts, Implications and Improvement Insights from Bangladesh | 343

NIAZ AHMED KHAN, ALVY AL SRIJOHN AND MD SHAIFUL ISLAM

19 Impact of Migrant Workers’ Remittances on Rural Bangladesh: A Migrant Smiling Curve Perspective | 361

SHAHADAT KHAN, AHMED MUNIRUS SALEHEEN AND FARRUQUE AHMED

20 The Way Forward | 379

QUAMRUL ALAM AND RIZWAN KHAIR