Poor People in a Poor World

Food production successes show up in unlikely places. Powerful people in powerful capitals labeled Bangladesh a "basket case," for example, and called for "triage" at its independence in 1971. Golden Bengal now grows its own food, as described in a heartening chapter 4. The cultivators of Bangladesh have taken the world by surprise, from which we can draw reinforcement for important growth enhancing and poverty alleviating principles.

From : POOR-WORLD DEVELOPMENT: Wringing Success from Failure in Late-Developing Countries - Lessons from the Field