PERCEPTION OF DEVELOPMENT AMONG DIFFERENT SOCIO-ECONOMIC GREOUPS: VIEWS FROM THE FIELD

Tasmia Foyez

2014

MASTER IN DEVELOPMENT STUDIESDEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESH

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ABSTRACT

The present study is an attempt to have a look across the different segment of people’s

perception of development in the society such as street children, garment workers, rickshaw

pullers, CNG auto rickshaw drivers, domestic workers, day laborer, and students. The study also

explores the reason behind the different views and understandings of development. For the

purpose of the study, slum and two universities were selected.

This study has been organized under three main themes. The first part contains a discussion on

the background of the concept of development followed by a discussion from my findings

regarding how different socio-economic group perceive and describe development using both

qualitative and quantitative data collected from the field. The second part contains data

analysis. In the third and final section, summary and conclusions of the findings will be

discussed.

The key findings of the study are lack of work opportunity, insecurity, uncertainty, unlawful

activity, and insanitation.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my sincere gratefulness to Professor Dr. S.M. Nurul Alam, my supervisor

for his valuable advice and academic supervision throughout my report writing. I could not

complete this paper without his kind support. His planning, suggestions and instructions were

very inspiring and helpful to shape my ideas to carry out my work.

I also would like to express my gratitude to MDS program (Master in Development Studies) at

North South University (NSU), Bangladesh for permit me to carry out this study.

Table of Contents

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Abstract іAcknowledgement іі

Chapter 1: Introduction: Setting the Scene1-10

1.1 Introduction 1 1.2Reviewing Literatures: Overview of the concept 2

1.2.1 Emergence of the concept of development 2 1.2.2 Defining the concept of development 5 1.2.3 Perception and development 8

1.3 Objectives of the Study 9 1.4 Rationale of the Study 9 1.5 Conclusion 10

Chapter 2: Research Methodology 11-142.1 Introduction 11 2.2 Selection of Study Area 11 2.3 Techniques of Data Collection 11 2.4 Secondary Data 11 2.5 Questionnaire Survey 12 2.6 Sample size 13 2.7 Data Processing, Analysis 13 2.8 Research Questionnaire 14

Chapter 3: Data Analysis 15-353.1 Introduction 15 3.2 Data analysis based on Occupations 15

3.3 Conclusion 35

Chapter 4: Discussing Perception of Development from the field Views 36-41

4.1 Introduction 36 4.2 Perception of development by different groups of respondents 364.3 Conclusion 41

Chapter 5: Findings and Conclusion 42-44

References 45-46

Appendix 47-48