Message-ID: <3.0.32.19990417112111.006a7868@ns1.bangla.net> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 11:23:33 +0600 From: Carlos Ani <mailto:carlos@BANGLA.NET> Subject: Poverty Assessment Report To: mailto:INTDEV-L@pete.uri.edu
Subject: Bangladesh Poverty Assessment^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hello Friends,
I just got a copy of the Executive Summary of the "1998 Bangladesh Poverty Assessment" prepared by the World Bank. The paper talks poverty in Bangladesh. It answers several basic questions like: Who are the poor? How numerous are they? Where do they live? What are the characteristics of poor households? Has poverty declined? Has inequality increased? In essence this report is a short poverty profile for Bangladesh.
The report also covers other questions like: What is the relationship between growth and inequality? Is this relationship different for rural and urban areas? Does education reduce poverty? How much do the poor benefit from increasing public spending on health and education? Are households that own more land less poor? Do area characteristics such as rural infrastructure affect the incidence of poverty? How cost-effective are safety net programs? Where do microfinance programs fit within a poverty reduction strategy? Do they reach the poorest? How well do NGO services in education and health compete with public and private services?
The report also discusses briefly some basic recommendations for the country's vibrant microcredit NGO community.
The Executive Summary is available through email and short enough to read quickly. If you want a copy of this report, just send a short email to mailto:<carlos-ani@mail.com> and NOT to this list. Write a short message like "send Bangladesh poverty report", and I will send it to you speedily via email. Please mention your name and organization.
Thanks,
Carlos Ani CARE Bangladesh MICRONEWS Email: <mailto:carlos-ani@mail.com>
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Carlos P. Ani - CARE Bangladesh Address: 60 Road 7-A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh E-mail addresses: mailto:carlos@bangla.net ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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