Role of bamboo-based cottage industry in economic upliftment of rural poor of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Journal of Bamboo and Rattan

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 157-164

  Alamgir, Mohammed ^a   Mezbahuddin, M ^b   Jashimuddin, M ^b  

^a SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bamboo cottage industry; Bangladesh; Economics; Gender role; Rural poor

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449122698     PISSN: 15691586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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