Warnings from World Bank should be taken seriously
Poverty in Bangladesh remains high, with climate change and inflation deepening hardships.
Findings of SDG Report 2025 paint a worrying picture
Taskforce report highlights barriers to poverty alleviation
Greater efforts needed to level up poorer regions like Barishal and Rangpur
Madaripur recorded the highest poverty rate in the country at 54.4 percent
CPD’s suggestion can mitigate the effects of inflation on poor households
Raising allocations is vital, but not enough to address poverty
Governments tend to focus on immediate needs, but we also need to ensure that long-term poverty reduction efforts are being developed parallelly.
When we think of urban poor, we typically think of people living in slums.It’s not quite as simple.
At the current rate, some people may soon be unable to afford food
Is the government taking note of inflation inequality?
Bangladesh has set an ambitious target to eliminate extreme poverty by FY2031. The results of the latest Household
Bangladesh's recent stable growth should not be branded as a low middle-income growth trap. Since independence, Bangladesh has consistently increased its average growth rate over every decade with a corresponding decrease in growth volatility.
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star, Robert D. Watkins, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Bangladesh talks to Amitava Kar about some development ideas for Bangladesh.
There are very few programmes that exclusively target the extreme poor. A background paper has revealed the actualw amount allocated in the budget for the extreme poor may be even below 1 percent of the GDP.
