[sustran] Re: Rickshaw puller in Dhaka earns Tk 6, 300 per month: JICA study

[Walter Hook]

it seems like a good business.  let the free market prevail!  we did some
surveys of rickshaw drivers incomes in Agra back in the day.  It showed that
the drivers in very nice locations near the tourist hotels and Taj gates
etc. earned very nice incomes, (several times the minimum salary) and the
ones in more remote locations earned about $2 a day.

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:07 AM, Sudhir <sudhir at cai-asia.org> wrote:

> This Christmas season is bringing some "thought provoking"  articles from
> people. Over past few days we are seeing some very good articles.
>
> But, what do you think of this ?
>
> http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=87400
>
> this is classic - *The study demolishes the myth that the rickshaw pullers
> are one of the lowest earning working groups in the city, regularly
> portrayed as "oppressed" and "deprived" people in the country's popular
> media.*
>
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>
>
> --
> Sudhir Gota
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