Poverty Alleviation Effort in Bangladesh: Involvement of Selected Banks and Ngos

Poverty Alleviation Effort in Bangladesh: Involvement of Selected Banks and NGOs Munim Kumar Barai* Md. Liakat Hossain clean-living* Abstract Reduction of poverty has remained the most substantial depicted object endeavor since the independence of Bangladesh. Though it was initially the sole responsibility of the government, banks, FIs and NGOs got themselves touch in the effort beginning from the late 1970s. Now their reference has emerged as to be vital in the entire prosecuteers of poverty alleviation. Available statistics suggest a gradual decrease of poverty in Bangladesh over the years. Evidently, the federal agencyicipation of NGOs in health c be, education, micro finance and other welfare activities has generated a human body of dynamism particularly in bucolic Bangladesh. But we follow a pattern of rise in inequality in the society in the 1980s and in the first part of 1990s. During the period, growth in urban inequality is more gravid than that of the rural area. Two factors might beget played an important role in this regard. Along with the poverty alleviation activities of these institutions, an increase use of modern farming methods may have lead to an overall improvement of poverty position in the rural sector. On the other hand, negative fall appears of the globalisation measures might have affected the urban poverty.

INTRODUCTION Poverty has remained the most vital ascendent of discomfort for the nation. A significant portion of the population in Bangladesh still lives under poverty. A provisional estimate for 2000 indicates that national index of poverty has come down to 44.3 percent out of which 20 percent of the population was hard core poor. * The authors are Assistant Professor, Leading University, Sylhet and Assistant General Manager, Computer Cell, Bangladesh Krishi Bank, chieftain Office, Dhaka respectively. They present the paper in their private capacity. 304 Bangladesh Jornal of policy-making Economy Vol. 17, No. 2 The government efforts to reduce poverty were mostly... If you fate to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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