After discussing theories and models of rural-urban migration and rural labour market, family income, assets and migration in South Asia, the authors scrutinize the process of rural-urban migration of landless rural families in the sub-continent using field data from a slum area in Calcutta and...

After an overview of changes in Bangladesh agriculture, the authors analyse changes in the crop sector at the national level and at the district levels. The factors underlying inter-regional differences in input use pattern in agriculture are explored. The paper concludes that the performance of...