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082 _a923.3
_bSOB
100 1 _aSobhan, Rehman
245 1 0 _aUntranquil recollections : from dawn to darkness;
_bnation building in post-liberation Bangladesh /
_cRehman Sobhan
264 1 _aDhaka :
_bThe University Press Ltd.,
_c2022.
300 _axvii, 403p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"Rehman Sobhan was directly associated with Bangladesh's liberation struggle. In this memoir, he provides an insightful, first-hand account of the challenges faced by the newly independent Bangladesh in the early years of its existence. This book attempts to capture the unique problems of reconstructing the war-devastated economy while building institutions from ground up for a nation which for 24 years had been run through a highly centralized system of colonial-style governance. Untranquil Recollections gives special attention to the author's involvement, as a Member of the Planning Commission, in addressing the problem of reconstruction while coping with the political challenges associated with building institutions, formulating economic policies and overseeing their implementation. The narrative attempts to identify the economic and political forces that were inimical to the radical direction of the national policy set by Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The book concludes with a discussion of the dark events leading to Mujibur Rahman's assassination along with his family and his closest political colleagues, which resulted in a change in the regime"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 _aSobhan, Rehman
650 0 4 _aEconomists
_xBiography
_zBangladesh
650 0 4 _aPolitical economy
_xPost liberation
_zBangladesh
650 0 4 _aBangladesh
_xHistory
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_cBK