Conclusion: old lessons and new directions in food policy
Haggblade, S.; Raisuddin Ahmed
Out of the shadows of famine evolving food markets and food policy in Bangladesh: 278-293
2000
Document Number: 315563
An overview is presented of the various issues that the other papers in the book have raised. Issues discussed are: ghosts from the past (focusing on the two famines, 1943 and 1974 that Bengal has experienced); recent reforms; implications abroad; implications for the future (the macroeconomic perspective; the role of government in short-run food management and policy; long-run growth in agriculture and food; rice production; agricultural technology; infrastructure; and a new role for government).