Abstract
Urban squatting is a symptom of a number of fundamental problems that have resulted from economic development policies in a country. Rural development programs designed to augment agricultural productivity too often have concentrated upon those who already have access to the necessary factors of production, thereby distorting rural income distributions. Income distributions skewed in favor of the rural rich as against the poor result in the concentration of land holdings among the fortunate few and lead to an exodus to the cities by the landless.
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Choguill, C.L. (1987). Government Approaches to the Bangladesh Housing Problem. In: New Communities for Urban Squatters. Urban Innovation Abroad. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1863-7_3
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