Poverty Map of Bangladesh 2022. Small Area Estimation: District and Upazila Results

Poverty Map of Bangladesh 2022. Small Area Estimation: District and Upazila Results

Dhaka (Bangladesh): World Food Programme (WFP), 2024.

English

90 p.

978-984-475-291-7

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) conducted the first round of Household Expenditure Survey (HES) in 1973. The latest i.e. the 17th round of HIES was held in 2022. National and Divisional level (rural and urban) poverty Head Count Rates (HCR) are generated directly from the HES/HIES survey datasets. However, the District and Upazila level poverty rates are highly demanded by the policy makers, development partners and the researcher’s community too. To meet the stakeholder’s high expectations, BBS started publishing the District and Upazila poverty pictures by using the Small Area Estimation (SAE) technique with the collaboration of WFP and WB since 2000. The overall objective of the ‘Poverty Map of Bangladesh 2022’ is to provide policy support to the policymakers, planners, researchers, and development partners with precise and disaggregated data on poverty, thereby enabling more effective targeting of interventions and resources. The specific objectives are: • To provide disaggregated poverty estimates for key sub-national administrative units. • To enhance the understanding of spatial inequality and geographical variations in poverty. • To support the design and targeting of policies and programs aimed at poverty reduction. • To foster informed decision-making and resource allocation by government agencies and development partners.

Public

ELR 3605

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