Understanding Poverty in Bangladesh [Newspaper Article]
One in eleven people in the world lives under $1.90 a day. In that context, there were 767 million poor people in the world in 2013 . Considering the importance of poverty reduction, the United Nations targeted ending poverty as the number one goal out of its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Many countries and development partners aim to fight against poverty in all its dimensions, putting poverty reduction as their central goal. Despite notable achievements in reducing poverty, Bangladesh is still the home of 40 million poor people. A person with inadequate income for meeting his/her basic needs, such as food, clothing, shelter and other necessities is largely treated as poor. Yet, poverty is not always only associated with income. As Sen(2001) has reiterated that poverty needs to be examined from the perspective of deprivation of basic capabilities, which complicates in ensuring one's well-being. Capability deprivation is often more important than the reduction ...
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