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Green Revolution, Income Distribution And Rural Poverty- The Case Of Bangladesh

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  • Hossain, Akhtar

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This paper examines the impact of the seed-fertilizer-irrigation technology (simply the new technology or green revolution) on income distribution and rural poverty in Bangladesh. An agricultural wage determination model is developed for Bangladesh which shows that the new technology has the potential for raising the real wage rate, employment and output, but the impact of the new technology on income distribution between landowners and labourers depends much on whether the technology is labour-saving. Econometric results suggest that although the new technology did not increase the agricultural real wage rate, it lowered the rate of unemployment and underemployment and changed the occupational structure of the labour force, a result of which was the reduction of the incidence of rural poverty in Bangladesh in recent years. Econometric results also suggest that the new technology did not intensify the inequality of income in the rural areas of Bangladesh by raising the incidence of landlessness and near-landlessness.

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  • Hossain, Akhtar, 1992. "Green Revolution, Income Distribution And Rural Poverty- The Case Of Bangladesh," Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, vol. 15(1), pages 1-31, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:bdbjaf:207745
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.207745
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    1. Mendola, Mariapia, 2008. "Migration and technological change in rural households: Complements or substitutes?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(1-2), pages 150-175, February.
    2. Mariapia MENDOLA, 2005. "Agricultural technology and poverty reduction: a micro-level analysis of causal effects," Departmental Working Papers 2005-14, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at Università degli Studi di Milano.
    3. Mariapia Mendola, 2003. "Agricultural Technology and Povertry Reduction: A Micro-Level Analysis of Causal Effects," Development Working Papers 179, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano.

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