Pulling rickshaws: a way out of poverty?

Pulling rickshaws: a way out of poverty?

Published Jan 2004

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Sharifa Begum, Binayak Sen, false

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Pulling rickshaws: a way out of poverty?

In Bangladesh rickshaw pulling offers a time- limited opportunity for very poor people to improve their lives. Rickshaw pullers often get sick and as they get older this way of life becomes increasingly unsustainable. Their children receive only limited schooling and grow up with few occupational choices and opportunities to escape poverty.

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