Raising allocations is vital, but not enough to address poverty
Inequalities occur not only in income, but also in non-income dimensions
PM urges global leaders at an event to mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 2024
30 percent of total social safety allocations going to the non-poor
How does the social protection budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year fare when analysed through the lenses of equity and efficiency?
In 2019, when AHM Mustafa Kamal took charge as the finance minister, the Bangladesh economy was taxing for take-off for its long-haul flight to the developed country club.
On End Poverty Day this year, it’s hard to find cause for celebration. The Covid-19 pandemic triggered a historic setback, pushing 70 million people into extreme poverty in 2020 – the largest one-year increase in three decades.
When we think of urban poor, we typically think of people living in slums.It’s not quite as simple.
The ultra poor generally do not own land and are caught in the low-wage activities of day labourers. They are on the brink of subsistence. And when you are struggling just to maintain your level of subsistence today, you do not have the luxury of worrying too much about—or saving for—tomorrow.
Raising allocations is vital, but not enough to address poverty
Inequalities occur not only in income, but also in non-income dimensions
PM urges global leaders at an event to mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 2024
30 percent of total social safety allocations going to the non-poor
How does the social protection budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year fare when analysed through the lenses of equity and efficiency?
In 2019, when AHM Mustafa Kamal took charge as the finance minister, the Bangladesh economy was taxing for take-off for its long-haul flight to the developed country club.
On End Poverty Day this year, it’s hard to find cause for celebration. The Covid-19 pandemic triggered a historic setback, pushing 70 million people into extreme poverty in 2020 – the largest one-year increase in three decades.
When we think of urban poor, we typically think of people living in slums.It’s not quite as simple.
The ultra poor generally do not own land and are caught in the low-wage activities of day labourers. They are on the brink of subsistence. And when you are struggling just to maintain your level of subsistence today, you do not have the luxury of worrying too much about—or saving for—tomorrow.
Bangladesh records an overwhelming improvement in poverty alleviation down to 24.8 percent now with a pro-people government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accelerating all efforts to secure a dignified place as a middle-income country very soon.
