Abstract:
Rural-Urban migration is the most crucial component of internal migration of
any country. It plays an important role in poverty reduction and economic
development. In Bangladesh rural-urban migration is the most important factor
for rapid urbanization. In urban centers, slum is a popular destination for poor
rural-urban migrants. More than 15 million people lives in the slums of six
divisional cities of Bangladesh. Megacity Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, alone
holds about 3.4 million people in 4966 slums. A significant number of slum
dwellers are rickshaw pullers and residing temporarily and seasonally in Dhaka
city. Present study was an effort to examine socio-economic condition of
rickshaw pullers, to investigate their nature of rickshaw pulling, to explore their
income and expenditure pattern and lastly to identify their problems and
solutions altogether. Moreover, this study attempted to highlight the impacts of
the earnings from city on the rural rickshaw pullers’ household level. To fulfill
the objectives, Agargaon area of Dhaka was purposively selected. Simple
random sampling technique were used for collecting cross sectional data from a
total of 117 rickshaw pullers with the help of pre-designed and pre-tested
questionnaire. Descriptive statistics like average, percentage, etc., were
followed to analyze the data and to achieve the objectives of the study. It was
found from the study that all the respondents and their family have improved
their food consumption level through the income from rickshaw pulling. Not
only the food consumption, but also this rickshaw pulling occupation made
them capable of educated their children and improved their clothing style. This
study showed that the monthly average household income distribution among
rickshaw pullers were significantly better than the national average rural
household income. Study found that more than half of their incomes spend for
food items. This will directly enhance the family calorie intake level. Savings
from rickshaw pulling has also increased the ability to spend in education for
their children and also in agriculture as well as acquiring land from others.
Description:
A thesis
Submitted to the Department of Development & Poverty Studies
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY STUDIES
