POVERTY IN TWO SELECTED DISTRICTS IN BANGLADESH: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

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.