Untranquil Recollections

Nation Building in Post-Liberation Bangladesh

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Rehman Sobhan was directly associated with Bangladesh’s liberation struggle. In this memoir, he provides an insightful, first-hand account of the challenges faced by the newly independent Bangladesh in the early years of its existence. This book attempts to capture the unique problems of reconstructing the war-devastated economy while building institutions from ground up for a nation which for 24 years had been run through a highly centralized system of colonial-style governance. Untranquil Recollections gives special attention to the author’s involvement, as a Member of the Planning Commission, in addressing the problem of reconstruction while coping with the political challenges associated with building institutions, formulating economic policies and overseeing their implementation. The narrative attempts to identify the economic and political forces that were inimical to the radical direction of the national policy set by Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The book concludes with a discussion of the dark events leading to Mujibur Rahman’s assassination along with his family and his closest political colleagues, which resulted in a change in the regime.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-02-19
Mått:139 x 215 x undefined mm
Vikt:480 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:376
Förlag:SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
ISBN:9789353887391

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Rehman Sobhan is a noted Bangladeshi economist and freedom fighter who played an active role in the Bangali national movement. He is currently the Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was educated at St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling; Aitchison College, Lahore; and the University of Cambridge. He was one of the several economists whose ideas influenced the 6-point programme of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which became the basis for the struggle for self-rule for Bangladesh. A former Professor of Economics at Dhaka University, he has authored numerous books and articles on various developmental issues. The most recent of these, Challenging the Injustice of Poverty: Agendas for Inclusive Development in South Asia, was published by SAGE in 2010.He served the first Government of Bangladesh as Envoy Extraordinaire with special responsibility for Economic Affairs, during the Liberation War in 1971. He was a member of the first Bangladesh Planning Commission, and in the 1980s headed the premier development research facility, BIDS. In 1990–91, he became a Member of the Advisory Council of the President of Bangladesh in charge of the Ministry of Planning and the Economic Relations Division. In 1993, he founded and became the Chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), one of Bangladesh’s most prestigious think tanks. He also headed the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS) from 2000 to 2005, one of the leading think tanks for promoting regional cooperation in South Asia.

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This second volume of Rehman Sobhan’s memoirs spans four eventful years from 1972 to 1975 when an independent Bangladesh began life. For the author, it was a period that was preceded and followed by political exile from the country he loves. Its elegant prose and engaging narrative are oral history at its best from an activist, participant and witness to that era. It will be most valuable for readers in Bangladesh and South Asia as well as for those elsewhere who wish to understand the complexities of nation building. The third volume of his memoirs, spanning almost half a century since 1975, on the turbulent political evolution and impressive economic development of Bangladesh, through his eyes as a concerned citizen, is an exciting prospect.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Untranquil RecollectionsFirst Days in Liberated BangladeshMy First Exposure to GovernmentThe Political Leadership of the Planning CommissionThe Workings of the Planning CommissionDiscovering the Political Economy of PolicymakingThe Challenge of Delivering in the Five-year PlanMaking the State EffectiveThe Challenge of Improving the Performance of the Nationalized SectorMy Return to Aid DiplomacyLaying the Foundations of Indo-Bangladesh Economic RelationsThe Gathering StormDarkness at Noon: The Last Days of the Bangabandhu EraRecollections in TranquilityIndex