Poverty in Bangladesh : measurement, decomposition and intertemporal comparison

Akhter U. Ahmed, Haider A. Khan and Rajan K. Sampath

The article investigates in the context of Bangladesh, the most powerful effect of poverty in terms of a shortfall in food for daily calorie intake by the poor. It provides intertemporal comparison of poverty and its decomposition among subgroups. The results of the study show a significant improvement in poverty situations in rural areas from 1982-86. The article also discusses the policy implications of its findings. (DSE)

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Year of publication:	1991
Authors:	Ahmed, Akhter U.
Other Persons:	Khan, Haider Ali (contributor) ; Sampath, Rajan Kasturi (contributor)
Published in:	The journal of development studies : JDS. - Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge, ISSN 0022-0388, ZDB-ID 3018-1. - Vol. 27.1991, 4, p. 48-63
Subject:	Armut \| Poverty \| Sozialer Indikator \| Social indicator \| Bangladesch \| Bangladesh

Extent:	7 Tab.
Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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