Elite Perceptions of Poverty: Bangladesh

Hossain, Naomi; Moore, Mick

doi:10.1111/j.1759-5436.1999.mp30002010.x

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“…Changes in teaching processes have thus opened up a larger change agenda that includes addressing the way elites perceive poverty and the poor in Bangladesh (see Hossain and Moore 1999). Through developing their reflexive understanding of one audience-the students-the teachers have come to realize there are other audiences they might serve-in this case, the poor and others who work in fisheries.…”

Section: Reforming Fisheries Education 257mentioning

confidence: 98%

Educational Reform for Improved Natural Resource Management: Fisheries and Aquaculture in Bangladeshi Universities

Allison

McBRIDE

2003

Society & Natural Resources

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Section: Reforming Fisheries Education 257mentioning

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Educational Reform for Improved Natural Resource Management: Fisheries and Aquaculture in Bangladeshi Universities

Allison

McBRIDE

2003

Society & Natural Resources

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“…Finally, it has also become clearer that the state also closely shapes the possibilities for political inclusion and empowerment amongst citizens (Houtzager and Moore 2003;IDS 2010). Given that states can be highly capable without necessarily being committed to development, the commitment of political elites to delivering development has also been identified as a critical element of the politics of what works (Booth 2011d;Hossain 2005;Leftwich 1994; Vu 2007). 4 Our findings largely concur with these conclusions, and, in linking this to the underlying role of politics and power relations through the political-settlements perspective, starts to suggest how the conditions within which developmental forms of state capacity and commitment 4 For example, Vu's seminal (2007) comparative study of developmental states in Asia distinguishes between the 'structure' of the state and state-society relations that is required to generate the capacity to deliver development and the 'role' that elites chose to play in committing to this.…”

Section: Which Forms Of State Capacity Matter Most?mentioning

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“…43 See also the article on middle classes in the edited volume that describes declining inequality in parts of Latin America (López-Calva and Lustig 2010). how structural adjustment led to reduced incomes of public services workers, and how aid money was used in privatization that benefited elites, 44 but this remains rather superficial and pays little attention to the different positions taken by different donors, and contradictions that presumably existed within donors' prescriptions. 45 Naomi Hossain's (2005) work on elite perceptions of poverty in Bangladesh has been one of the few that directly touches on the question posed here, but this too was generally not linked to aid. She concluded that poverty was not a high priority for the Bangladeshi elite, not because they were ignorant or callous about poverty, nor because they failed to see a self-interest in tackling poverty, but simply because it did not have priority: poverty is not perceived as a threat, the elite thought much action was already undertaken, and their distrust of the state reduced appetite for further state-led action.…”

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The Politics of Inclusive Development

Hickey

Sen²,

Bukenya³

2014

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your personal and scholarly purposes.You are not to copy documents for public or commercial purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ www.econstor.eu The Politics of Inclusive DevelopmentIt is now widely accepted that politics plays a signifi cant role in shaping the possibilities for inclusive development. However, the specifi c ways in which this happens across different types and forms of development, and in different contexts, remains poorly understood. This collection provides a stateof-the-art review regarding what is currently known about the politics of inclusive development. Leading academics offer systematic reviews of how politics shapes development across multiple dimensions, including through growth, natural resource governance, poverty reduction, service delivery, social protection, justice systems, the empowerment of marginalised groups, and the role of both traditional and non-traditional donors. The volume not only provides a comprehensive update but also a ground-breaking range of new directions for thinking and acting around these issues. The book's originality thus derives not only from the wide scope of its case-study material, but also from the new conceptual approaches it offers for thinking about the politics of inclusive development, and the innovative and practical suggestions for donors, policy makers, and practitioners that fl ow from this. 1 The Politics of Inclusive DevelopmentInterrogating the Evidence Links to third party websites are provided by Oxford in good faith and for information only. Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work. First Edition published 2015 First published in paperback 2016This book is dedicated both to the future of our latest arrivals, Noah Jem, Shawn Michael, and Matthew Francis, and ForewordThe Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Centre strives to create knowledge that contributes to making states more effective and committed to achieving social justice. This is a grand goal but our partners...

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“…26 Given the sustained public critique of NGOs, both from the political left (seeking a more radical strategy; see Hashemi and Hassan 1999) and the religious-political right (who clashed with NGOs over their adherence to Western cultural values in the early 1990s) it may be remarkable that NGO services have been able to expand as they have in Bangladesh. Certainly, national elite involvement and support in a context of abundant aid have helped to maintain a significant space open for NGOs (Hossain 2005). This space has included a role in the provision of services for which there are strong arguments that the state should supply.…”

Section: Political Spacementioning

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Thinking Big, Going Global: The Challenge of BRAC's Global Expansion

Hossain¹,

Sengupta

2009

IDS Working Papers

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Summary Since 2002, BRAC, a non‐governmental organisation (NGO) of Bangladeshi origin, has gone global. It has expanded its programme of ‘microfinance plus’ (education, health, enterprise support, etc) to Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Southern Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Pakistan. It has established organisations in the UK and the USA to raise funds and its international profile. It is believed to be the largest NGO in Afghanistan, is growing fast elsewhere, and has long been the largest non‐governmental entity in Bangladesh. BRAC's global expansion appears to be part of a trend of the ‘South in the South’, marked by the expansion of Chinese business in Africa, but also, it seems, by new forms of Southern non‐governmental organisation transplanted across Southern contexts. This paper explores two challenges of BRAC's global expansion. The first is the challenges BRAC faces as it seeks to break new ground as the first International NGO of Southern origin to take its programme and managerial expertise to other countries. It is an ambitious agenda. A critical challenge is the need to attract financing and carve out regulatory room for service delivery programmes within new political spaces that are sometimes unfamiliar with and unwelcoming of NGOs on the BRAC scale. The second challenge of the title is the challenge to thinking about NGOs in development: discussions about NGOs in development currently emphasise disappointment with their performance, and a withdrawal, including among aid donors and discourses, from their ‘magic bullet’ heyday of the late 1990s. While BRAC's global expansion is facing challenges, its ambitious expansionary programme counters disappointment around NGOs, raising new questions about the roles of NGOs in development.

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Elite Perceptions of Poverty: Bangladesh

Cited by 48 publications

References 10 publications

Educational Reform for Improved Natural Resource Management: Fisheries and Aquaculture in Bangladeshi Universities

Educational Reform for Improved Natural Resource Management: Fisheries and Aquaculture in Bangladeshi Universities

The Politics of Inclusive Development

Thinking Big, Going Global: The Challenge of BRAC's Global Expansion

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