Poverty in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated countries with 150 million people, 26 percent of whom live below the nationalpoverty line of US $2 per day. In addition, child malnutrition rate rates of 48 percent, in condition that is tied to the low social status of women in Bangladeshi society.

In Bangladesh, there are many problems like, poor infrastructure, political instability, corruption,and insufficient power supplies etc, but the Bangladesh economy has grown 5-6% per year since 1996. However, Bangladesh still remains a poor, overpopulated, and inefficiently-governed nation with about 45% of the Bangladeshis being employed in the agriculture sector.

 Rural and urban poverty
The [[World Bank]] announced in June 2013 that Bangladesh had reduced the number of people living in poverty from 63 million in 2000 to 47 million in 2010, despite a total population that had grown to approximately 150 million. This means that Bangladesh will reach its first United Nations-established Millennium Development Goal, that of poverty reduction, two years ahead of the 2015 deadline. Bangladesh is also making progress in reducing its poverty rate to 26 percent of the population.{{cite web | url=http://world.time.com/2013/07/18/after-much-heartbreak-some-good-news-at-last-for-bangladesh | title=After Much Heartbreak, Some Good News at Last for Bangladesh.

Since the 1990s, there has been a declining trend of poverty by 1 percent each year, with the help of international assistance.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} According to the 2010 household survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, 17.6 percent of the population were found to be under the poverty line.


 "Bangladesh: Priorities for Agriculture and Rural Development", Agriculture in South Asia, The World Bank, accessed 22 July 2013]

Many people live in remote areas that lack services such as education, health clinics, and adequate roads, particularly road links to markets.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} An estimated 36 percent of the population in rural areas lives below the poverty line.
Rural poverty in Bangladesh", Rural Recovery Portal]
They suffer from persistent food insecurity, own no land and assets, are often uneducated, and may also suffer serious illnesses or disabilities.Another 29 percent of the rural population is considered moderately poor. Though they may own a small plot of land and some livestock and generally have enough to eat, their diets lack nutritional value.As a result of health problems or natural disasters, they are at risk of sliding deeper into poverty. Women are among the poorest of the rural poor, especially when they are the sole heads of their households. They suffer from discrimination and have few earning opportunities, and their nutritional intake is often inadequate.
An estimated 28 percent of the population in urban areas lives below the poverty line.People living in urban areas, like [[Dhaka]], [[Chittagong]], [[Khulna]], and [[Rajshahi]], enjoy a better standard of living, with electricity, gas, and clean water supplies.Encyclopedia">[http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Asia-and-the-Pacific/Bangladesh-POVERTY-AND-WEALTH.html "Bangladesh - Poverty and wealth", ''Encyclopedia of the Nations'', accessed 22 July 2013]
Even in the major cities, however, "a significant proportion of Bangladeshis live in squalor in dwellings that fall apart during the monsoon season and have no regular electricity. These Bangladeshis have limited access to health care and to clean drinking water.