Poverty in Bangladesh : Building on Progress

dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2013-08-22T20:56:33Z
dc.date2013-08-22T20:56:33Z
dc.date2002-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:23:51Z
dc.descriptionBangladesh has made recent progress in reducing poverty, but still faces the reality that roughly half its citizens live in deprivation. This report examines the record of advances during the 1990s, major challenges still to be overcome and priority measures to accelerate poverty reduction. The report suggests that changes in practices an policies, to realize healthy economic growth designed to benefit the rural poor as well as more rapid, sustained movement toward greater social justice. Dramatically lowering the incidence of poverty requires significantly higher levels of economic performance, it also requires that growth reaches the poor and expands their opportunities. Primary education managed to enroll nearly equal proportions of boys and girls and of urban and rural children. Drinking and cooking water now come from tube wells rather than from less sanitary surface water. Prioritizing use of governmental resources, correcting the deterioration that has taken place in government finances in recent years, and imposing strong discipline on the many wasteful state-owned enterprises would help restore fiscal order and macroeconomic stability.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2300143/bangladesh-poverty-bangladesh-building-progress
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15303
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/15303
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417717
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectARSENIC
dc.subjectBENEFIT INCIDENCE
dc.subjectBUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS
dc.subjectCDF
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectCHILD NUTRITION
dc.subjectCHILDBIRTH
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL BANKS
dc.subjectCOMMODITIES
dc.subjectCOMMON PROPERTY
dc.subjectCOMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT REPORTS
dc.subjectDIRECT IMPACT
dc.subjectDISASTERS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectECONOMISTS
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE SURVEY
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFARM ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL ASSETS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SECTOR
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectFISHING
dc.subjectFULL PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectGROWTH INCIDENCE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH SURVEY
dc.subjectHEALTH SURVEYS
dc.subjectHEALTH WORKERS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINCOME GENERATION
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINFANTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLITERACY RATES
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectMORBIDITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMOTHERS
dc.subjectNON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectNON-FARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectNON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPOOR CHILDREN
dc.subjectPOOR GAIN
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY PROJECTIONS
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
dc.subjectPOVERTY ~LINE
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVE ASSETS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC RESOURCES
dc.subjectREDUCING POVERTY
dc.subjectRESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectSAFETY
dc.subjectSAFETY NET
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSECTORAL COMPOSITION
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL JUSTICE
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectSTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL REFORMS
dc.subjectTARGETING PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN ONES
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectWAGE INCOME
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWORKERS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC PLANNING
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subjectJOB CREATION
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectHEALTH PLANNING
dc.subjectMATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITIES
dc.subjectSCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectHOUSING CONDITIONS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.titlePoverty in Bangladesh : Building on Progress

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