Bangladesh - Poverty Assessment : Assessing a Decade of Progress in Reducing Poverty, 2000-2010

The purpose of this report is to document some of the aforementioned achievements over the 2000-2010 decade and to illustrate their collective impact on poverty in Bangladesh. Analysis is undertaken to identify which factors contributed to the rapi...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Dhaka 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ANNUAL GROWTH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH BENEFICIARY CALORIE INTAKE CASH FLOW CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CASH-FOR-WORK CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD HEALTH CHILD NUTRITION CONDITIONAL CASH CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION MEASURE CONSUMPTION QUINTILES CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COPING MECHANISMS COPING STRATEGY COST EFFECTIVENESS COVARIATE SHOCKS CROP YIELDS CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION DAILY EARNINGS DECLINE IN POVERTY DECLINE IN POVERTY RATES DECOMPOSITION METHODOLOGY DENSITY FUNCTION DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT GOALS DIETARY DIVERSITY DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC SAVINGS DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM EXTREME POVERTY EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS FAMILY MEMBERS FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM INCOME FARM SECTOR FARM WORK FOOD CROPS FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD FOR EDUCATION FOOD GRAINS FOOD ITEMS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PROGRAM FOOD SECURITY FOOD TRANSFER GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH ELASTICITY HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HIGHER INFANT MORTALITY HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD TRANSFER HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS IMPACT OF SHOCKS IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GENERATION INCOME GROWTH INCOME ON FOOD INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SUPPORT INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY LABOR FORCE LABOR LAWS LABOR TRANSFERS LAGGING REGION LAGGING REGIONS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND-OWNERSHIP LANDHOLDINGS LANDLESS LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LEAN SEASON LIVING CONDITIONS LOW WAGES MARKET PRICES MEANS TESTS MEAT MICRO-ENTERPRISE MICRO-FINANCE MICRO-FINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROCREDIT PROGRAMS MILK NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION OUTCOMES PARTICIPATION RATE POINT DECLINE POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR BENEFICIARIES POOR CHILDREN POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POOR SOIL QUALITY POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE TRANSFERS PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PUBLIC SAFETY NETS PUBLIC TRANSFERS PURCHASING POWER REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY REGIONAL COMPARISON REGIONAL COMPOSITION REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL POVERTY RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LABOR RURAL LABOR MARKET RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL WAGES SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NET TRANSFERS SAFETY NETS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOLING SHOCK SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SPATIAL DIFFERENCES TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL POVERTY TRANSFER AMOUNTS TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS VEGETABLES VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE PEOPLE WAGE GROWTH WAGE RATES WEALTH DISTRIBUTION WELFARE IMPACT WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKFARE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17886000/bangladesh-poverty-assessment-assessing-decade-progress-reducing-poverty-2000-2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16622

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Summary:	The purpose of this report is to document some of the aforementioned achievements over the 2000-2010 decade and to illustrate their collective impact on poverty in Bangladesh. Analysis is undertaken to identify which factors contributed to the rapid decline in poverty over time. The main limitation of this report is that the analysis is based on a limited number of data sources, which do not cover all aspects of the poverty reduction process. Nevertheless, to the extent possible, the analysis covers the key drivers of poverty reduction over what has been a remarkable decade for Bangladesh. The report is organized into four parts. Part one focuses on explaining poverty patterns observed over the 2000-2010 period, noting qualitative differences between the first and second half of the decade. The analysis in chapter one offers poverty projections based on survey data from this period. Chapter two describes some key characteristics of the poor. Using poverty decomposition methodology, part two identifies the main drivers of the poverty reduction experienced over the last decade. Chapter three shows that the two most important contributors to poverty reduction over the 2000-2010 periods were the growth of labor income and the declining dependency ratio. The remaining two chapters in this section focus on labor income and demographic factors to understand their respective linkages to poverty. The past few years have underscored the importance of global factors affecting country-level outcomes. However, the series of shocks that affected Bangladesh in 2007-2008 did not significantly slow down the speed of poverty reduction. In Chapters six and seven of part three, the report attempts to uncover some of the reasons underlying Bangladesh's resilience to these global shocks as well as the way in which poor households cope with seasonal shocks, which are a permanent feature of some rural parts of the country, namely Rangpur. Chapters eight and nine explore the role of safety nets and microfinance in helping households deal with shocks and poverty. In part four, chapter ten revisits one of the key findings of the World Bank poverty assessment of 2005 (published in 2008).

Bangladesh - Poverty Assessment : Assessing a Decade of Progress in Reducing Poverty, 2000-2010

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