UTTARA UNIVERSITY

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WELCOME TO OUR PRESENTATION

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Our Group member name:

Name: ID:Md.Nurul amin Nayem. M21431111141

Mahmudul Hasan. M21431111143

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Our Presentation Topic Is:

Poverty Problem of Bangladesh&

It’s Solution.

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Contents of the presentationTopic: Page No:

Definition of Poverty 1

Poverty status of Bangladesh 2

Causes of poverty 3-5

Comparison with South Asian countries 6

Effects of poverty 8-12

Ways of removing poverty 13-14

Poverty

Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter.  

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Poverty status of Bangladesh Bangladesh is a country of 160 million population

with a population density 1142/sq.km. Bangladesh economy is not big enough to support such a vast population and high incidence of poverty is the ultimate result. Though the country is making good progress in the socio-economic field in increasing the literacy rate, improving expectation of life, increasing food production and decreasing infant mortality and total fertility but progress of poverty reduction is very slow.

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Causes of povertyOverpopulation.High birth rates.Illiteracy and lack of Education.Seasonal UnemploymentLow Wage.Natural Disaster.Death of Chief Wage-earner.Largeness of Family.Dowry.

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Causes of povertyIllness and Injury .Debt.Crop Damage.Lack of Land.Price Rise of Agricultural Instruments.Low Productivity in Agriculture.Shortage of Capital and able Entrepreneurship.Social Relationship.

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Causes of poverty

Traditional Agriculture.Environmental Degradation and Climate

Change

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Rank(Subcontinent)

Rank (Asia)

Country 2014 GDP(PPP)Billions of USD

1 2  India $2,051.228

2 11 Pakistan $246.849

3 17 Bangladesh $183.824

5 49 Afghanistan $20.444

7 38 Maldives $2.885

8 56 Bhutan $1.983

Comparison with South Asian countries

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Effects of poverty

Malnutrition and Hunger.Low literacy rate.Homelessness.Lower class of lifestyle.Several diseases.Increase in cost of living.Social crime increases.Child mortality decreases.etc.

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Malnutrition and Hunger

According to the United Nations, 33 percent of Bangladeshi adolescent girls are anemic and micronutrient deficient and 25 percent of women ages 15-44 are unhealthily thin for their height. About 48 percent of Bangladeshi children are malnourished and 1.5 million of them die each year from diarrhea that both worsens and is worsened by malnutrition.

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Low literacy rate

Poverty effect in literacy rate. When They have not enough financial support. Then he or she drop their education.

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Homelessness

About 44% of people living in the capital are deprived of any sort of housing facilities which are very alarming for the country, according to a survey conducted by Center for Urban Strategies in 2007. Of the 44% homeless, 35% stay in slums while 8%-9% floating section of them beside roads, rail lines and parks.

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Several diseases

Communicable diseases were the major health hazards in the 1980s. Poor nutrition and sanitation fostered the spread of infections. Infectious diseases--cholera, dysentery, diarrhea, measles, tetanus and malaria were responsible for widespread illness and numerous deaths. 

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Ways of removing povertyBy achieving universal primary education.By promoting gender equality and empowering

women.By removing unemployment problem.By improving maternal health.By eliminating corruption.By developing a global partnership.By ensuring increased local govt. participation to

evaluate & eradicate poverty.13

By ensuring employment oriented technical education and changing in vocational training method.

By increasing income tax by reducing VAT and ensure corruption free tax administration.

By ensuring budget allocation considering regional socio-economic condition.

By exporting manpower.By giving loans and technical education to the

farmers.

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