Abstract:
As in many developing countries, poverty in Bangladesh has been an alarming social
issue for a significant amount of time. Bangladesh has experienced a dramatic progress in
reducing poverty. The country is on track to reach the first Sustainable Development
Goal of eradicating extreme poverty. For this study some area of Narayanganj and
Kurigram district was selected. Data were collected from Household Income and
Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2010. Binary Logistic Regression Model has been applied to
analyze the data. In this study the household whose were benefited, want to get help or
attitude for getting help from Social Safety Nets Program (SSNP) those household
marked as poor and the household did not take help from Social Safety Nets Program
(SSNP) those were marked as non-poor. 0.24 percent household in Narayanganj district
and 10.31 percent household in Kurigram district was benefited from SSNP. There was
an effect of income for poor and non-poor household. Most of the household in Kurigram
district earned from agricultural sector but most of the household in Narayanganj district
earned from non-agriculture sector. Average annual income from other sectors had a
significant effect on household of Narayanganj district. Percentage of poor household
was 82.5 percent in Kurigram district and 52 percent in Narayanganj district where at
least one member in this family was included to Social Safety Nets Program. From this
study it can be concluded that most of the household in Kurigram district is poor where
most of the household of Narayanganj district is non-poor.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Development and Poverty Studies,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207,
In partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree
of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY STUDIES
SEMESTER: JULY-DECEMBER, 2018
