Cox's Bazar : Inclusive Growth Diagnostic
The district of Cox’s Bazar, in southeastern Bangladesh, is an instructive context to understand how long-standing and newer growth opportunities and constraints manifest at the local level, remote from Bangladesh’s major growth poles of Dhaka and...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/099000001122245142/P1728300fc50f005008e620d7dcd68997c4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36841 |
| Summary: | The district of Cox’s Bazar, in
southeastern Bangladesh, is an instructive context to
understand how long-standing and newer growth opportunities
and constraints manifest at the local level, remote from
Bangladesh’s major growth poles of Dhaka and Chittagong.
Potentially exacerbating Cox’s Bazar’s pre-existing
development challenges, the district is hosting a large
influx of displaced Myanmar nationals (Rohingya). More than
884,000 people have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar,
the vast majority since August 2017, more than doubling the
population living in the Cox’s Bazar upazilas of Teknaf and
Ukhia, which had higher poverty rates than the rest of the
district prior to the arrival of Rohingya. |
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