In Bangladesh, open market sales of foodgrains co-exists with the public rationing system. The forces that influence the demand for and supply of foodgrains are essentially resolved through the interaction of these two exchange subsystems. The article analyses the interrelationships among...

The objective of the paper is to present some insights into the distributional effect of urban rationing in Bangladesh in the mid-1980s. The findings of the paper show that urban rationing can, in years of very significant participation, result in a certain degree of income redistribution,...