Investor Presentaiton
1. Why is inequality increasing as poverty is coming down?
Poverty rate has declined sequentially - rural poverty going down faster!
Poverty Rate (Upper poverty line, %)
35.2
Poverty Rate (Lower poverty line, %)
21.1
31.5
24.3
18.7
National
Year
Rural
Urban
National
26.4
20.5
21.3
18.9
14.7
17.6
12.9
5.6
14.9
7.7
7.6
6.5
3.8
Rural
Urban
2010 2016 2022
National
Rural
2010 2016 2022
Urban
Income Gini Coefficient
Consumption Gini Coefficient
2010
2016
2022
Year
2010
0.431
0.452
0.454
0.498
0.446
Rural
0.275
0.539
Urban
0.338
0.458
0.499
National
0.321
2016
2022
0.300
0.291
0.330
0.356
0.324
0.334
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0.482
Inequality has worsened with urban inequality increasing faster – both in terms of
income and consumption, while wealth inequality is even higher
National Budgets in Bangladesh: Myths and Realities
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