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China , Egypt , and Bangladesh , all populous countries , are among the most vulnerable . To the threat to Bangladesh from floods can be added the danger of cyclones ...
China , Egypt , and Bangladesh , all populous countries , are among the most vulnerable . To the threat to Bangladesh from floods can be added the danger of cyclones ...
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A poor landless labourer's household in Bangladesh : In a rural community in a drought - prone region of Bangladesh a landless labourer and his family attempt to get through another lean season . Their house consists of a packed mud ...
A poor landless labourer's household in Bangladesh : In a rural community in a drought - prone region of Bangladesh a landless labourer and his family attempt to get through another lean season . Their house consists of a packed mud ...
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In Bangladesh , those who manage to survive the annual floods and cyclones migrate perpetually in search of a tiny piece of land where they can live and farm until the next flood changes the course of rivers and leaves them homeless ...
In Bangladesh , those who manage to survive the annual floods and cyclones migrate perpetually in search of a tiny piece of land where they can live and farm until the next flood changes the course of rivers and leaves them homeless ...
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| Title | Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for Survival |
| Author | S. S. Ramphal |
| Publisher | Lime Tree, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0413455815, 9780413455819 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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