Poverty Maps of Bangladesh 2010 : Key Findings

Poverty mapping is a statistical exercise to estimate the incidence of poverty at sub-national levels to enable the government, civil society organizations, and development partners to accurately identify locations with a relatively higher concentr...

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Main Authors: World Bank, World Food Programme, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
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spelling okr-10986-204252021-04-23T14:03:55Z Poverty Maps of Bangladesh 2010 : Key Findings World Bank World Food Programme Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMPTION DATA CORRELATES OF POVERTY CURRENT POVERTY DATA SETS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTREME POVERTY FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE HEADCOUNT POVERTY HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCIDENCE OF POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATURAL DISASTERS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POORER AREAS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY POVERTY MAPS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION REDUCING POVERTY REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL INEQUALITY WAGE RATES Poverty mapping is a statistical exercise to estimate the incidence of poverty at sub-national levels to enable the government, civil society organizations, and development partners to accurately identify locations with a relatively higher concentration of poor people. The current poverty mapping exercise was initiated in September 2012 by the Bangladesh bureau of statistics (BBS), the World Bank, and the World food program (WFP) to produce reliable poverty estimates for key subnational administrative units (zila and upazila) using data from both the 2010 household income and expenditure survey (HIES) and the 2011 population census. Poverty mapping is a powerful tool for identifying and monitoring pockets of affluence and poverty across the country. The usefulness of poverty maps can be further reinforced by combining them with other geo-referenced databases such as maps of human development indicators, maps of natural disasters, and maps of the impending impacts of climate change. 2014-10-14T16:48:46Z 2014-10-14T16:48:46Z 2010 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/20191359/poverty-maps-bangladesh-2010-key-findings http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20425 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh
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topic AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL WAGE
AGRICULTURAL WAGES
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CLIMATE CHANGE
CONSUMPTION DATA
CORRELATES OF POVERTY
CURRENT POVERTY
DATA SETS
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXTREME POVERTY
FOOD EXPENDITURE
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
HEADCOUNT POVERTY
HIGH POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
NATURAL DISASTERS
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POOR
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POORER AREAS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MAP
POVERTY MAPPING
POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE
POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY
POVERTY MAPS
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
REDUCING POVERTY
REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPATIAL INEQUALITY
WAGE RATES
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL WAGE
AGRICULTURAL WAGES
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CLIMATE CHANGE
CONSUMPTION DATA
CORRELATES OF POVERTY
CURRENT POVERTY
DATA SETS
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXTREME POVERTY
FOOD EXPENDITURE
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
HEADCOUNT POVERTY
HIGH POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
NATURAL DISASTERS
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POOR
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POORER AREAS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MAP
POVERTY MAPPING
POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE
POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY
POVERTY MAPS
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
REDUCING POVERTY
REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPATIAL INEQUALITY
WAGE RATES
World Bank
World Food Programme
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
Poverty Maps of Bangladesh 2010 : Key Findings
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Bangladesh
description Poverty mapping is a statistical exercise to estimate the incidence of poverty at sub-national levels to enable the government, civil society organizations, and development partners to accurately identify locations with a relatively higher concentration of poor people. The current poverty mapping exercise was initiated in September 2012 by the Bangladesh bureau of statistics (BBS), the World Bank, and the World food program (WFP) to produce reliable poverty estimates for key subnational administrative units (zila and upazila) using data from both the 2010 household income and expenditure survey (HIES) and the 2011 population census. Poverty mapping is a powerful tool for identifying and monitoring pockets of affluence and poverty across the country. The usefulness of poverty maps can be further reinforced by combining them with other geo-referenced databases such as maps of human development indicators, maps of natural disasters, and maps of the impending impacts of climate change.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author World Bank
World Food Programme
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
author_facet World Bank
World Food Programme
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
author_sort World Bank
title Poverty Maps of Bangladesh 2010 : Key Findings
title_short Poverty Maps of Bangladesh 2010 : Key Findings
title_full Poverty Maps of Bangladesh 2010 : Key Findings
title_fullStr Poverty Maps of Bangladesh 2010 : Key Findings
title_full_unstemmed Poverty Maps of Bangladesh 2010 : Key Findings
title_sort poverty maps of bangladesh 2010 : key findings
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/20191359/poverty-maps-bangladesh-2010-key-findings
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20425
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