Conditioning Factors for Fertility Decline in Bengal: History, Language Identity, and Openness to Innovations

Alaka Malwade Basu, Sajeda Amin · 2000 · Population and Development Review

Summary. Colonial education and modernization created early elite adoption of new ideas in Bengal. Strong Bengali language identity paradoxically reinforced diffusion of modern concepts across Bangladesh and West Bengal, facilitating mass mobilization for social change. Language identity and cultural commonality, shaped by historical processes, made these regions more receptive to fertility decline and social innovation than other South Asian areas.

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  title   = {Conditioning Factors for Fertility Decline in Bengal: History, Language Identity, and Openness to Innovations},
  author  = {Alaka Malwade Basu and Sajeda Amin},
  journal = {Population and Development Review},
  year    = {2000},
  doi     = {10.1111/j.1728-4457.2000.00761.x},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2000.00761.x}
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DOI

10.1111/j.1728-4457.2000.00761.x

Countries

Bangladesh, India

Regions

Asia

Categories

innovation-theory, policy, general-innovation

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2026-04-28