Poverty

&

It’s Impact on

Bangladesh

Md. Solayman

Outline Of Presentation

• What is Poverty ?

• Dimensions of Poverty

• Concept Of Poverty

• Situation Of Poverty in Bangladesh

• Poverty : An Impediment Of

Development

• Poverty Reduction Strategy

What is Poverty ?

Poverty is “welfare level below a reasonable minimum.”

The condition or quality of being poor.

Condition of having little or no wealth or material possessions; indigence, destitution, want (in various degrees)

Deficiency, lack, scantiness, dearth, scarcity; smallness of amount.

Poor people’s perception of poverty level

Dimensions of Poverty

• Income Poverty Extreme poverty: Lack of income necessary to satisfy basic food

needs Overall poverty: Lack of income necessary to satisfy essential non-

food needs• Human Poverty Lack of basic human capabilities: Illiteracy, malnutrition,

abbreviated life span, poor, maternal health, illness from preventable diseases.

• Multidimensional Nature of Poverty Deprivation in the most essential capabilities of life, including

leading a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable, having adequate economic provisioning and participating fully in the life of the community

Concept Of Poverty

A global minimum standard for a socially acceptable minimum

standard of living or the whole world came into existence only after

1945.

GLOBAL conceptualization of POVERTY as an object of

measurement EVERYWHERE is a feature of WORLD ORDER in

the later 20th century.

The mid-20th century made concepts of poverty more political :

First: By Introducing TWO conflicting meanings for the

POVERTY LINE, one associated with capitalism, the other, with

socialism.

Second: By Giving INEQUALITY (measured around the poverty

line) two meanings, with the same conflicting associations.

Situation Of Poverty in Bangladesh

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1973-74 1981-82 1991-92 1995-98 2000 2005 2010

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Headcount Poverty Rate (%)

Rural

Urban

National

Year

Source: Bangladesh Bureau Of Household Expenditure Survey ; Various Years

Poverty : An Impediment Of

Development

Due to a huge number of population, we cannot escape the fact of severity of poverty.

Child Malnutrition rate rates 48%

Because of live below the poverty line , Many remote areas suffer lack services such as education, health clinics and adequate.

Rising landlessness is a consequence of poverty in Bangladesh

Lack of proper health care due to the expensive and poor quality health care services

Poverty Reduction StrategyTo reduce poverty rate to 25 by 2013 and 15 by 2021 as set out in Vision 2021, the Government has prepared a long-term perspective plan (2010-20) and the Sixth Five Year Plan (SFYP) for implementation.

Building a sustainable social safety net for the hard core poor to achieve the targets of the Millennium Development Goal by 2017

Attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) : Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty & Hunger o Target A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people

below poverty lineo Target B: Achieve full and Productive employment and decent worko Target C : Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people

who suffer from hunger

Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, UNDP, 2010