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The red thread

Nordmark, Ellen LU (2023) EKHK31 20231
Department of Economic History
Abstract
Economic development narratives have traditionally been written by academics and policy-makers, for academics and policy-makers. So too the story of Bangladeshi development: a story of alternately success and hardship. By focusing on the economic narrative of those directly affected by development, this thesis aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of how economic narratives influence development as well as of what economic narratives are conceivable. This is done by analyzing ten semi-structured interviews with garment workers in Dhaka. The main conclusion is that there are signs of agency in authorship of the economic development narrative, but that the authorship agency is heavily suppressed. Policy implications include... (More)
Economic development narratives have traditionally been written by academics and policy-makers, for academics and policy-makers. So too the story of Bangladeshi development: a story of alternately success and hardship. By focusing on the economic narrative of those directly affected by development, this thesis aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of how economic narratives influence development as well as of what economic narratives are conceivable. This is done by analyzing ten semi-structured interviews with garment workers in Dhaka. The main conclusion is that there are signs of agency in authorship of the economic development narrative, but that the authorship agency is heavily suppressed. Policy implications include acknowledging creative freedom and authorship agency as important capabilities to reach free and inclusive development. (Less)
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author
Nordmark, Ellen LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Economic development stories and authorship of ready-made garment workers in Dhaka
course
EKHK31 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Economic History, Development, Economic development, South Asia, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Garments industry, Garment workers, Narrative economics, Narrative analysis, Subaltern studies, Development as Freedom
language
English
id
9126958
date added to LUP
2023-06-21 09:50:07
date last changed
2023-06-21 09:50:07
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  abstract     = {{Economic development narratives have traditionally been written by academics and policy-makers, for academics and policy-makers. So too the story of Bangladeshi development: a story of alternately success and hardship. By focusing on the economic narrative of those directly affected by development, this thesis aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of how economic narratives influence development as well as of what economic narratives are conceivable. This is done by analyzing ten semi-structured interviews with garment workers in Dhaka. The main conclusion is that there are signs of agency in authorship of the economic development narrative, but that the authorship agency is heavily suppressed. Policy implications include acknowledging creative freedom and authorship agency as important capabilities to reach free and inclusive development.}},
  author       = {{Nordmark, Ellen}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The red thread}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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