Discussion Paper Set #6: Chandpur Irrigation Project When looking at the repercussions of the Chandpur Irrigation Project (CIP) it is important to look at how the CIP project affected class structure and gender, realizing the benefits of the project were not shared equally by all residents. It is therefore hard to say if the project "improved" the living conditions for the residents considering there was such a strong degree of contradictions and varying affects for all …showed first 75 words of 404 total…

…showed last 75 words of 404 total…price making it so that only thevery wealthy could afford to buy land Also because of the irrigaion project the wealthy with land could devleop ponds and raise fish, creating an shift from fish production from the landless to land owners. These repercussions of the CIP project were probably not considered when devlopers thought that it would be benificial to implement the irrigation project. i feel that although people overall were able to eat better