Rural Poverty in Bangladesh: Trends and Differentials from 1990-2010
Rural Poverty in Bangladesh: Trends and Differentials from 1990-2010
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Md. Saeed Anwar Student Id.: 091641 Sociology Discipline Khulna University Khulna- 9208
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Introduction Poverty economic condition in which one is unable to enjoy a minimum standard of living. It is a state of existing in amounts that are too small to buy the basic necessities of life. The visible effects of poverty are malnutrition, ill health, poor housing conditions, and illiteracy. The impoverished people suffer from unemployment, underemployment and lack of access to resources that restrict their opportunities to earn living. The causes of poverty are rooted in the complex web of cultural arbitrariness and demographic, economic, social, and political and various other natural factors such as floods, cyclones and droughts. Geographically, Bangladesh is a small country with ethnically much more homogenous population than many other countries in South Asia. Nonetheless, historically it is marked with considerable regional differences in dialect, custom, agrarian relations and social development. Although the presence and persistence of differences in human development indicators in the country are often discussed, regional differences in income and other economic indicators are less known and talked about. Bangladesh now has one of the fastest rates of poverty reduction in South Asia. In 1991, 57 percent of Bangladesh’s population was living below the poverty line. By 2000 this figure came down to 49 percent. Over the period 2000 to 2005, the poverty rate further declined to 40 percent with around six million people lifted out of poverty (GOB, 2011). Poverty Poverty, as normally defined, means that the consumption or income level of a person falls below a certain threshold necessary to meet basic needs. The most frequently-used measure of poverty is based on income or consumption proxies. Poverty is a condition in which a person or community is deprived of, and or
Submitted By
Md. Saeed Anwar Student Id.: 091641 Sociology Discipline Khulna University Khulna- 9208
1|Pa ge
Introduction Poverty economic condition in which one is unable to enjoy a minimum standard of living. It is a state of existing in amounts that are too small to buy the basic necessities of life. The visible effects of poverty are malnutrition, ill health, poor housing conditions, and illiteracy. The impoverished people suffer from unemployment, underemployment and lack of access to resources that restrict their opportunities to earn living. The causes of poverty are rooted in the complex web of cultural arbitrariness and demographic, economic, social, and political and various other natural factors such as floods, cyclones and droughts. Geographically, Bangladesh is a small country with ethnically much more homogenous population than many other countries in South Asia. Nonetheless, historically it is marked with considerable regional differences in dialect, custom, agrarian relations and social development. Although the presence and persistence of differences in human development indicators in the country are often discussed, regional differences in income and other economic indicators are less known and talked about. Bangladesh now has one of the fastest rates of poverty reduction in South Asia. In 1991, 57 percent of Bangladesh’s population was living below the poverty line. By 2000 this figure came down to 49 percent. Over the period 2000 to 2005, the poverty rate further declined to 40 percent with around six million people lifted out of poverty (GOB, 2011). Poverty Poverty, as normally defined, means that the consumption or income level of a person falls below a certain threshold necessary to meet basic needs. The most frequently-used measure of poverty is based on income or consumption proxies. Poverty is a condition in which a person or community is deprived of, and or