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This book will provide students, researchers and development practitioners a good understanding of the seasonal unemployment problem faced by rural households of the North-West districts of Bangladesh. Using a Life-cycle approach, it illustrates how households cope during those lean period both in terms of livelihood changes and consumption smoothing. Thus, this book offers a more detailed qualititative information of the seasonal unemployment problem and strategies adopted by rural households. The findings of this sfrategy may help the government and non-governmental organizations to devise policies and programmes more prudently for the targeted area and populations.

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Sabbih, Mostafa Amir
Mr Mostafa Amir Sabbih is a Development Economist by training and a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Dialogue. Mr Sabbih completed his Bachelors and Masters from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and KDI School, South Korea.His areas of interest include sustainable development, economic growth, poverty and inequality, and education.

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