Bangladesh : Updating Poverty Maps of Bangladesh

Bangladesh : Updating Poverty Maps of Bangladesh

In Bangladesh the official poverty rates are produced at the national and division levels only using household income and expenditure survey (HIES) data. While the division map illustrates a clear east-west division, the Upazila map unveils large...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Other Poverty Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
poverty maps
poverty headcount
Extreme poverty
Flooding
Market accessibility
Primary education
Agriculture wage
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/16381904/bangladesh-updating-poverty-maps-bangladesh
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spelling okr-10986-148882021-04-23T14:03:16Z Bangladesh : Updating Poverty Maps of Bangladesh World Bank poverty maps poverty headcount Extreme poverty Flooding Market accessibility Primary education Agriculture wage In Bangladesh the official poverty rates are produced at the national and division levels only using household income and expenditure survey (HIES) data. While the division map illustrates a clear east-west division, the Upazila map unveils large variations in poverty incidence within the east and the west. Mapping the data at lower levels allows for easier recognition of important patterns at local and community scale levels. Poverty mapping is a statistical exercise to estimate the incidence of poverty at sub-national levels, which enables government, civil society organizations and development partners to identify locations of poor areas with great accuracy. Recognizing the spatial inequality in growth and poverty allows for more effective targeting of policy interventions, programs and projects based on local conditions. 2013-08-07T21:19:35Z 2013-08-07T21:19:35Z 2005-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/16381904/bangladesh-updating-poverty-maps-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14888 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia Bangladesh
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en_US
topic poverty maps
poverty headcount
Extreme poverty
Flooding
Market accessibility
Primary education
Agriculture wage
spellingShingle poverty maps
poverty headcount
Extreme poverty
Flooding
Market accessibility
Primary education
Agriculture wage
World Bank
Bangladesh : Updating Poverty Maps of Bangladesh
geographic_facet South Asia
Bangladesh
description In Bangladesh the official poverty rates are produced at the national and division levels only using household income and expenditure survey (HIES) data. While the division map illustrates a clear east-west division, the Upazila map unveils large variations in poverty incidence within the east and the west. Mapping the data at lower levels allows for easier recognition of important patterns at local and community scale levels. Poverty mapping is a statistical exercise to estimate the incidence of poverty at sub-national levels, which enables government, civil society organizations and development partners to identify locations of poor areas with great accuracy. Recognizing the spatial inequality in growth and poverty allows for more effective targeting of policy interventions, programs and projects based on local conditions.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study
author World Bank
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author_sort World Bank
title Bangladesh : Updating Poverty Maps of Bangladesh
title_short Bangladesh : Updating Poverty Maps of Bangladesh
title_full Bangladesh : Updating Poverty Maps of Bangladesh
title_fullStr Bangladesh : Updating Poverty Maps of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Bangladesh : Updating Poverty Maps of Bangladesh
title_sort bangladesh : updating poverty maps of bangladesh
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/16381904/bangladesh-updating-poverty-maps-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14888
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