By analysing the data for 1963/64-1976/77, the authors attempt to study the pattern of income distribution and poverty in Bangladesh and compare the socio-economic status of the country in mid-1970s with other developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. They demonstrate that there...

For the chronically poor, the various livelihood constraints are structured and interlocked in complex knots that fail to carry forward automatic induced impacts through interventions, such as microfinance, that work on untying important strategic knots. BRAC, a poverty-focussed NGO in...

The social and ecomomic impact of COVID-19 has been deep, wide-ranging, and multidimensional. While anecdotal evidence of distress among the poor, particularly those with informal occupations, has been widespread, effective policy response has required real-time, researched data disaggregated...