Resumen de Social Formation in Dhaka, 1985-2005. A Longitudinal Study of Society in a Third World Megacity - By Kamal Siddiqui, Jamshed Ahmed, Kaniz Siddique, Sayeedul Huq, Abul Hossain, Shah Nazimud-Doula and Nahid Rezawana; Urban Poverty in Bangladesh. Slum Communities, Migration and Social Integrations - By Shahadat Hossain

Volker Kreibich

• The article reviews the books "Social Formation in Dhaka, 1985-2005. A Longitudinal Study of Society in a Third World Megacity," by Kamal Siddiqui, Jamshed Ahmed, Kaniz Siddique, Sayeedul Huq, Abul Hossain, Shah Nazimud-Doula and Nahid Rezawana and "Urban Poverty in Bangladesh. Slum Communities, Migration and Social Integrations," which is part of the Library of Development Studies series, 3, by Shahadat Hossain.