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 profile for 2005 is similar to the profile in the mid-1980s and hence at first glance it would appear that little has changed over time. A closer look at national household survey data suggests a more nuanced story. This paper uses the latest two rounds of the Bangladesh Household Income and Expenditure Survey to decompose the micro-determinants of poverty reduction between 2000 and 2005, closely following a similar analysis using five earlier rounds of the Survey. The comparison of results shows that the spatial distribution of poverty seen in earlier decades has changed with time and the drivers of poverty reduction are different in several respects.

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Main Authors:	Kotikula, Aphichoke, Narayan, Ambar, Zaman, Hassan
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-02
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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19913
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