Editors

Bangladesh: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is a fitting tribute to the scholarly achievements of Professor Sanat Kumar Saha. It contains well researched, readable, multidisciplinary accounts and analyses of Bangladesh's development issues (historical, cultural, social and economic) and also pays attention to more general development issues. Topics are set in their broad contexts. This adds value to this unique volume. This festschrift will be profitable reading not only for audiences in Bangladesh but in the whole of South Asia and beyond. It is highly recommended. The editors are to be congratulated on their sterling effort and their empathy. Clement Tisdell Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and Professor Emeritus, University of Queensland, Australia The Editors Mohammad Alauddin, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Queensland graduated from Rajshahi University and completed Ph.Ds in Economics from University of Newcastle and in Education, from University of Queensland. He has published in top development and environmental economics journals and books (Macmillan, 1991 and 1998; Edward Elgar, 2001). Mustafa K Mujeri, Executive Director, Institute for Inclusive Finance and Development (InM) did his Ph.D. in Economics from McMaster University after graduation from Rajshahi University. He worked as Director General of BIDS and Chief Economist, Bangladesh Bank, among others. He has wide ranging research experience on development issues and published books and articles in national and international journals. Dilip Kumar Nath, Professor of Economics, Department of Business Administration, Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology graduated from Rajshahi University and obtained Ph.D from Moscow State University. He was a Professor of Economics at Rajshahi University and a Visiting Scholar at Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford.