To What Extent Are Bangladesh's Recent Gains in Poverty Reduction Different from the Past?

The poor in Bangladesh are more likely to belong to households with a larger number of dependents and lower education among household members, be engaged in daily wage labor, own little land, and be less likely to receive remittances. This poverty...

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Main Authors:	Kotikula, Aphichoke, Narayan, Ambar, Zaman, Hassan
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO HOUSEHOLD ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO MARKET ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO SANITATION FACILITIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGE EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL WAGE LABOR ANTI-POVERTY CHANGES IN POVERTY COMMUNITY LEVEL COMMUNITY SURVEY CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY CORRELATES OF POVERTY CREDIT ACCESS CREDIT PROGRAMS DAILY WAGE DECLINE IN POVERTY DECOMPOSITION METHODOLOGY DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DISTRICT LEVEL DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION EARNINGS ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS ENDOWMENTS EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FARM ENTERPRISES FARM SECTOR FARMER FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS GENDER GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POVERTY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION HEADCOUNT RATE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS WITH ELECTRICITY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME SHOCKS INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL BANK LAGGING REGIONS LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND SIZE LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LATRINE LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP MARRIED WOMEN MFIS MICRO FINANCE MICRO-CREDIT MICRO-FINANCE MICRO-FINANCE ACCESS MICROCREDIT MICROFINANCE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION CENSUS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS RECEIPT REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL DISPARITY REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL SCIENCE REMITTANCES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION SANITATION SELF EMPLOYMENT SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL LANDOWNERS SPATIAL DIMENSIONS SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF POVERTY STATUS OF WOMEN TARGETING URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/02/11739220/extent-bangladeshs-recent-gains-poverty-reduction-different-past http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19913