State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2021-22
Independent Review of
RBD
Bangladesh's Development
The need for universal child benefits
In Bangladesh, school closures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have
left 40 million students out of school for more than 6 months, as
of September 2020
□ School closures due to COVID-19 have deprived 2.96 million
children in Bangladesh from school meals, which has adversely
affected their health and made them more susceptible to disease.
Only 29.4 per cent of children in Bangladesh were covered by social
protection benefits in 2017
□ Cost of providing cash benefits equal to 25 per cent of the
national poverty line to all children less than 5 years old would
be only 1.04 per cent of GDP
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