This is a study of the causes of poverty among the indigenous peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh - variously known as the Jumma people, the Paharis, or the hill peoples. The work is based on research activities undertaken over 1998-2004, including several rounds of fieldwork in the CHT. The varied sites of field work include Pahari village settlements, habitations of Bengali settlers, towns and urban centres, bazaars and market-places, the ...
