Counting the Hills: Assessing Development in Chittagong Hill Tracts — edited by Mohammad Rafi and A. Mushtaque R. Chowdhury

A survey-based assessment of development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts by researchers at BRAC’s Research and Evaluation Division, with contributions from Sugata Chakma of the Tribal Cultural Institute, Rangamati. It measures the state of education, economy, health and environment across the hill districts at the time of the Peace Accord.

What the book covers

• Introduction to the CHT, immigration and politico-development history, methodology, and village and household profiles
• Education: enrolment and literacy
• Economy: land ownership and cultivation, production and marketing, economic indicators, food security
• Health: water and sanitation, immunization, child nutrition, health-care services
• Environment: drinking water quality and the status of animals and plants

Note: this scan ends at page 190, the end of Chapter 16. The concluding chapter, the appendices and the index are not included.