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Service Accessibility and Corresponding Impact on Livelihood Strategies: A Study on Rural Bangladesh

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  • Al Mujtabe, Abdullah
  • Rahman, Shohanur
  • Sheikh, Limon
  • Adri, Neelopal
  • Waliullah,

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Agriculture based economy makes the rural areas important in south-east Asia. Lack of accessibility to certain services were observed in countries like, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India etc. As a result, rural-urban migration became a regular practice. Though spatial dimension of accessibility was studied, non-spatial dimension was mostly unexplored for access to education, healthcare, food and modern agricultural services. So, with ten villages of Bangladesh as study area, 452 questionnaire surveys, 22 FGDs and 27 KIIs were conducted to understand the problems behind lack of access to these services. Different statistical tests, and qualitative comparison suggested that non-farm activities were more sustainable for households, and provided more access to services than fully farmingbased households. Some services were available, but inaccessible to the local people due to mismanagement. Livelihood diversification through collaboration of community and women empowerment could be the sustainable solutions for ensuring proper service accessibility in developing countries.

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  • Al Mujtabe, Abdullah & Rahman, Shohanur & Sheikh, Limon & Adri, Neelopal & Waliullah,, 2024. "Service Accessibility and Corresponding Impact on Livelihood Strategies: A Study on Rural Bangladesh," SocArXiv 3789u, Center for Open Science.
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    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/3789u
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