Slum populations are commonly characterized as having poorly developed water and
sanitation systems and may access services through informal channels. However, there are …

Abstract The Government of Bangladesh is piloting a non-contributory health protection
scheme called Shasthyo Surokhsha Karmasuchi (SSK) to increase access to quality …

With rapid urbanisation and concomitant rise in urban poverty, a better understanding of
urban poverty and urban income dynamics has become an urgent priority. One in five poor …

Between 2010 and 2016, 90 per cent of the poverty reduction of Bangladesh occurred in
rural areas. The gains in poverty reduction were largely driven by non-agricultural sectors …

" This book looks at Bangladesh at and beyond its 50 years since its formation in 1971,
when it has broken into the world stage dramatically after an armed struggle against an …

This paper uses the latest round of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey to
provide an initial assessment of Bangladesh's poverty trends from 2010 to 2016/17. The …

Food intake inequality at the individual level is rarely analyzed in intrahousehold settings.
We examine dietary diversity scores of household members with a focus on their family roles …

Since the early 1990s, Bangladesh's economic growth has been hampered by increasing
income inequality and a steady gap between the rich and the poor. Using paneled data from …

The aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which the decline in poverty in Bangladesh
and Pakistan can be explained by the manifold increases in remittances in both countries …

Abstract This Rural Income Diagnostic (RID) aims to answer the question:“What are the main
opportunities and constraints to faster, sustained income growth for poor and vulnerable …