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The concept of surplus labour has featured prominently in the
recent literature on economic development of underdeveloped,
overpopulated economies. W. A. Lewis in his two celebrated articles [1J
attempted a precise formu¬lation of the concept of surplus labour and
sought to analyse its implications for the strategy of economic
development in the context of a two sector model of economic growth.
Messrs. J. C. H. Fei and Gustav Ranis have undertaken in this book1 an
elaborate extension of the two-sector growth model of W. A. Lewis. The
major directions in which the authors have sought to extend or elaborate
the model and the main results of their efforts in this respect are
contained in their earlier article "Unlimited Supply of Labour and the
Concept of Balanced Growth", published in the Pakistan Development
Review, Winter 1961, Vol. 1, No. 3. The various sections of the article
have now been expanded and elaborated into chapters of the
book*.

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Bangladesh has achieved commendable progress in agriculture especially in increasing food grains production over the past few decades. Three mutually supportive mechanisms have operated in different degrees for expanding agricultural (food) production in Bangladesh during the period: first, the increase in efficiency of use of farm inputs and technologies; second, using more productive inputs; and third, adopting improved technologies. Among the three, the first two have helped the small and marginal farmers (who form the overwhelming majority in Bangladesh agriculture) to experience the immediate benefits of higher farm outputs, contributing to an increased income and better living conditions. The third has been particularly important in enhancing the welfare of the consumers (resulting from lower real food prices) including the largest segment of the poor households in both rural and urban areas who are net buyers of food in Bangladesh (Mujeri, Shahana, Chowdhury, and Haider 2013). ; Non-PR ; IFPRI4; PRSSP; CRP2; DCA ; DGO; PIM ; CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)