By analysing the data for 1963/64-1976/77, the authors attempt to study the pattern of income distribution and poverty in Bangladesh and compare the socio-economic status of the country in mid-1970s with other developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. They demonstrate that there...

Increased attention recently has been given to the desire to obtain an aggregrate index of economic development which reflects a multiplicity of influences on a nation's material progress and the welfare of its inhabitants. The article aims at discussing the problems associated with several...