State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2021-22
Independent Review of
RBD
Bangladesh's Development
The need for universal maternity benefits
In Bangladesh 49 per cent of women and girls reported feeling safety
and security risks since the imposition of lockdowns and general holidays
ā In Bangladesh, 55 per cent of women reported an increase in the time
spent to do unpaid domestic work while 58 per cent of women reported
an increase in the time spent to do unpaid care work since the start of the
pandemic
In Bangladesh the share of women with new-borns receiving
maternity benefits was only 20.9 per cent in 2017
The cost of providing maternity cash benefits equal to 100 per cent of the
national poverty line to all mothers during four months around childbirth
would be only 0.30 per cent of GDP
It can be shown that increasing the maternity cash benefits to be
equal to USD 1 at PPP per day to all mothers during four months
around childbirth would cost only 0.09 per cent of GDP in
Bangladesh
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