Achievements and Poverty Reduction

Program in Bangladesh Government and

Comparison between Previous and Present
Government
Group Members
Name ID

Fahad Islam Shad 2016010000186

Sayeed Imtiyaz Jesun 2016010000206
Osman Goni 2016010000272
Abdur Rashid Sujon 2016010000319
What is Poverty?
Poverty may be defined as
a situation where the
availability of the minimum
amounts of the goods and
services which are the basic
necessities of life is not
ensured.
Social Safety Net programs in
Bangladesh
• Cash transfers programs
• Food transfers programs
• Special poverty alleviation programs
• Micro-credit programs for self-employment and
• Other Special poverty alleviation activities
 Cash transfers programs Food Transfers Programs

Allowance for the Fully Retarded Food for works program

Old-Age Allowance programs Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) program

Allowances program for widowed, Deserted and Test Relief (TR) program
Destitute women

Allowances program for insolvent Freedom fighters Gratuitous Relief (GR) program

Fund for Rehabilitation of the Acid Burnt and the

physically handicapped
Special Poverty Alleviation Programs Specialized Activities for poverty
Alleviation
Poverty Alleviation and Goat Development Project Information and communication Technology (ICT)
for poverty alleviation

Fund for Housing the Homeless Rural infrastructure Development program

Fund for mitigating Risks due to Natural Disaster Urban poverty Reduction program

Program for mitigating Economic shocks Palli Daridrya Bimochan Foundation (PDBF)

Providing incentives and financial assistance to Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)
poultry and livestock sector
Recent Achievements in Poverty
Reduction
Present Poverty condition of
Bangladesh
• The 2016-17 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), for the first time, provided poverty
estimates at quarterly intervals and at the district level. These data will allow smarter design and targeting of
poverty alleviation programs.

• Almost 1 in 4 Bangladeshis (24.3 percent of the population) live in poverty, and 12.9 percent of the
population lives in extreme poverty.

• Between 2010 and 2016 poverty fell significantly but in recent years the rate of poverty reduction has
slowed down. Poverty fell faster in rural areas. Urban poverty rates declined from 21.3 to 18.9 percent, while
rural poverty decreased from 35.2 to 26.4 percent.

• Based on the current rate of poverty reduction, Bangladesh is projected to eliminate extreme poverty by
2024, as well becoming the only upper-middle income economy in South Asian region, according to the World
Bank.
Factors Affecting Poverty in
Bangladesh Characteristics
1. Food Inflation and Population under Poverty Line: Cost of food in Bangladesh increased 6.56
percent in May of 2018 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Bangladesh
averaged 6.73 percent from 2013 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 9.09 percent in May
of 2014 and a record low of 3.77 percent in February of 2016.

2. Household Income and Expenditure: Household Income per Month data was reported at
15,945.00 BDT in Dec 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 11,479.00
BDT for Dec 2010. Bangladesh’s HIES: Household Income per Month data is updated yearly,
averaging 7,203.00 BDT from Dec 1996 to 2016, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-
time high of 15,945.00 BDT in 2016 and a record low of 4,366.00 BDT in 1996. Bangladesh’s
HIES: Household Income per Month data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh.
3. Unequal Growth and Poverty: During the last five years the country has been maintaining an
average annual growth rate of 6.4 percent. In the last financial year (2015/16) GDP growth rate
has been found to be 7.11 per cent. The growth rate of per capita real GDP has been very low in
the first two decades -1.3 percent in the 1970s and 1.7 per cent in the 1980s.

4. Income Inequality: High economic growth in Bangladesh is now a recognized fact. But it is not
adequately benefiting the larger section of the people. With sustained growth, inequality is also
rising. While the annual average growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is now 7.0 per cent,
income Gini Co-efficient increased from 0.458 in 2010 to 0.483 in 2016.
Consultation with the Government
According to the Planning Commission, among the key sectors with lesser concentration
of donor attention along with a greater need for assistance in general, and from IDB in
particular, are training and skill development for employment, and family and welfare
planning and population management. The first of the two, skilled manpower and technical
education, is a highly linked entry point covering a dual need. The first would be vocational
training for domestic workers, employment generation and assisted manpower, while
the second would be skill training for expatriate workers, generating remittances.
Consultation with Local Communities
There were also several field visits to Netrokona, Madhabpur, Singair, Gaibanda, Rangpur,
and Kurigram where the IDB mission met with District Officials, local and national CSOs,
NGOs and community and trade groups to further explore development and poverty issues
facing their respective communities. In addition, a tentative scope of the potential IDB/ISFD
interventions for poverty reduction in terms of geographical areas, sectors and themes was
discussed and evaluated.
Gaibanda
Among rural farmers groups interviewed in Udhyasaghar, Pallashbari, Gaibanda Upazilla,
extension services (training and equipment) was chief priority among their needs,
followed closely by both financing and cold storage facilities, sanitation, marketing,
rural roads and clinics/doctors.

Rangpur
Here, in this North Western Upazilla, also among rural farmers groups, Rangpur interviewees’
selections were largely consistent. Extension services (training) came out unanimously on top,
as in Gaibanda, followed by mechanization/ equipment based extension services, marketing,
agro industry and financing and medical clinics.
Key Targets (Vision 2021) People’s
Republic of Bangladesh
◦ • Secure and sustain annual level of GDP growth of 8% by 2013 and raise it to 10% from
2017;

◦ • Bring down the% age of disadvantaged people living below the poverty line to 15% by 2021.

◦ • Ensure a minimum of 2,122 k. Cal/ person/ day of food to all poor people and standard
nutritional food to at least 85% of the population by 2021;

◦ • Ensure 100% net enrolment at primary level by 2010, provide free tuition up to the degree level
by 2013, attain full literacy by 2014, and ensure that Bangladesh is known as a country of
educated people with skills in information technology;

◦ • Achieve self-sufficiency in food by 2012;

Recommendations
1. The target group of the Government project is very limited. It must be
expended through the Country. So that all the poor can be benefited.
2. The allocation of Government budget should be increased to make programs
effective and extensive.
3. New branches of Karmasangsthan bank should be open the serve more
people. The loan limit of this bank may be increase especially for establishing
labor intensive Agro-based small and cottage industries.
4. Effective measure must be taken to check the losses in the intermediary level
so that the poor can take the best possible benefits from Government project.
5. Government banks and financial institution should pay more attention on
small and medium scale enterprises instead of corporate services.