The seventh BDI working paper "Diverging Stories of Son Preference in South Asia: A Comparison of India and Bangladesh" has been published. It was authored by Lopita Huq, Research Fellow, BDI, Simeen Mahmud, Lead Researcher, BDI and Professor Naila Kabeer. This paper has explored the hypothesis that improvement in child sex ratios in Bangladesh is due to a shift in parental preferences about sex composition of families in a society undergoing rapid socio-economic change.