Role of Rural Bazaars in Agro-marketing in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh -- a case study of Bandarban Sadar Upazila, Bangladesh --

摘要

Chittagong Hill Tracts (hereinafter, CHT) is located in Chittagong Division, the southeast of Bangladesh, bordering India and Myanmar. In terms of ethnicity, the majority of Bangladeshi is Bangalee but in CHT the majority is the ethnic groups. Until the recent there have been the long-run ethnic political troubles and the development efforts could not be given at the required level in CHT. It is said that CHT has become economically worse than the rest of Bangladesh and for instance, more than 45% of the people live below the poverty line in CHT. It follows that the sustainable and endogenous rural development is to be realized in such remote CHT.