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    Poverty in Urban Bangladesh: Trends, Profiles and Spatial Differences

    Rahman, Hossain Zillur; Hill, Ruth | September 2019
    Abstract
    With rapid urbanisation and concomitant rise in urban poverty, a better understanding of urban poverty and urban income dynamics has become an urgent priority. One in five poor households now live in urban Bangladesh and many more urban households are aspiring to be middle class yet vulnerable to falling back into poverty. Progress in reducing poverty has slowed in urban areas, particularly in larger cities. As a result, there are now more people living in extreme poverty in urban Bangladesh (3.7 million) than in 2010 (3 million). At current rates of urbanisation and poverty reduction, more than half of poor households will live in urban areas by 2030. This paper examines what can be learned about trends and drivers in urban poverty from recent nationally representative surveys. It also analyses additional data sources on the capital city, Dhaka, to shed light on spatial inequality within the city. The paper highlights the need for increased data collection and evidence on urban poverty to inform public policy to address this emerging challenge.
    Citation
    Rahman, Hossain Zillur; Hill, Ruth. 2019. Poverty in Urban Bangladesh: Trends, Profiles and Spatial Differences. © Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/14699.
    Keywords
    Alleviating Poverty
    Anti-Poverty
    Extreme Poverty
    Fight Against Poverty
    Global Poverty
    Health Aspects Of Poverty
    Indicators Of Poverty
    Participatory Poverty Assessment
    Poverty Eradication
    Poverty Analysis
    Poverty In Developing Countries
    Poverty Reduction Efforts
    Urban Poverty
    Urbanization
    Urban Services
    Urban Projects
    Urban Problems
    Urban Poverty
    Urban Policy
    Urban Planning
    Urban Infrastructure
    Urban Health
    Urban Government
    Urban Economic Development
    Urban Development Finance
    Urban Development
    Urban Conditions
    Urban Communities
    Urban Population
    Land title
    Development Indicators
    Environmental Indicators
    Economic Indicators
    Educational Indicators
    Demographic Indicators
    Health Indicators
    Disadvantaged Groups
    Low Income Groups
    Socially Disadvantaged Children
    Rural Conditions
    Rural Development
    Social Conditions
    Urban Development
    Urban Sociology
    Urban Plans
    Urbanism
    Urban agriculture
    Economic Development
    Rural Urban Migration
    Cities
    Migration
    Rent
    Poor
    Economic forecasting
    Health expectancy
    Social groups
    Political participation
    Distribution of income
    Inequality of income
    Developing countries
    Rural community development
    Mass society
    Social change
    Social policy
    Social stability
    Population
    Sustainable development
    Peasantry
    Urban policy
    Urban renewal
    Local government
    Urban renewal
    Urban housing
    Urban sociology
    Transit systems
    Rapid transit
    Public transit
    Mass transit
    Remittances
    Housing policy
    Housing
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11540/14699
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    Rahman, Hossain Zillur
    Hill, Ruth
    Theme
    Poverty
    Urban
     
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