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Project

Border as “Opportunity”: Cattle Smuggling across the Bangladesh-India Borders
Code
01CD06324
Duration
01 October 2024 → 30 September 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Development studies
    • Political economy
    • Security, peace and conflict
    • Political sociology
    • Anthropology of economy and development
Keywords
Cattle smuggling Violence Alternative livelihood India Bangladesh Border
 
Project description
 In the face of evolving border securitization and restricted commodity flows (cattle smuggling in this case) across the Bangladesh-India border, this research primarily explores how borderland populations of Bangladesh make efforts for alternative livelihoods. The research analyses interlinkages between cattle smuggling and border violence. Additionally, it identifies the actors and networks around cattle smuggling and studies changing power relations.