Bangladesh - Poverty Assessment for Bangladesh : Creating Opportunities and Bridging the East-West Divide

Bangladesh represents a success story among developing countries. Poverty incidence, which was as high as 57 percent at the beginning of the 1990s, had declined to 49 percent in 2000. This trend accelerated subsequently, reducing the poverty headco...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE INEQUALITY ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ADVERSE IMPACTS AGE MORTALITY AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SEASON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WAGE AVERAGE GROWTH BASELINE POVERTY RATE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC NEEDS CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD DELIVERY CHILD MORTALITY CHRONIC POVERTY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY CREDIT ACCESS CROP PRODUCTION CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION DAILY WAGE DECLINE IN FERTILITY DECLINE IN POVERTY DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPENDENCY RATIO DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DISEASES DISSEMINATION DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENROLMENT RATES EXTREME POOR HOUSEHOLDS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FAMILY PLANNING FARMERS FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE PARTICIPATION FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FOOD INTAKE FOOD ITEMS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD TRANSFERS FUTURE GENERATIONS GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER GAP GENDER PARITY GINI INDEX HEALTH CARE HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPACITY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION IMPACT OF SHOCKS IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GENERATION INCOME GROWTH INCOME POVERTY INCOME SUPPORT INEQUALITY INFANT INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE LAND OWNERSHIP LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MEDICAL TREATMENT MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NEGATIVE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE POOR POOR AREAS POOR CHILDREN POOR GAP POOR HEALTH POOR PEOPLE POOR PEOPLES POOR POPULATION POOR WOMEN POPULATION CONTROL POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION SHARE POPULATION SHIFTS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION PRACTITIONERS PROGRESS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SPENDING REDUCTION IN POVERTY REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REMOTE AREAS REPEATED SHOCKS RESPECT RISING CONSUMPTION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL GAP RURAL GAPS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NETS SANITATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SELF-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE UTILIZATION SLOWING POPULATION GROWTH SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS SPILLOVER SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS TARGETING URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION VICIOUS CYCLE VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE GROWTH WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE MEASURE WORKFORCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10090332/bangladesh-poverty-assessment-bangladesh-creating-opportunities-bridging-east-west-divide http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6144