State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2021-22
Independent Review of
RBD
Bangladesh's Development
Assumptions
Funding requirement for the total poor
for one month (as percentage of GDP)
For 75.7 million
people for 1 month
(CPD, 2020)
For 70 million people
for 1 month
(BIGD-PPRC, 2020)
(BBS, 2019)
0.29
For 69.4 million
people for 1 month
(Ali, Ahmed, Maîtrot,
Devine, & Wood, 2021)
(BBS, 2019)
0.29
0.40
0.37
0.37
0.48
0.45
0.44
Assuming each individual gets BDT 38.2 per
day, which is required for a nutrient adequate
diet (Nowar, Islam, Amin, Bhattacharjee, &
Shaheen, 2021)
Assuming per capita per month support required
for rural ‘new poor' is BDT 1,450 ( Rahman, et
al., 2020)
Assuming per capita per month support required
for urban 'new poor' is BDT 1,745 ( Rahman, et
al., 2020)
Assuming each households gets BDT 7,297 per
month which is the minimum cost of essential
food items for one household for one month
Assuming each households gets BDT 8,000 per
month which is close to the lower poverty line
for a family of 4 members in 2020 prices (CPD,
2020)
0.32
0.50
0.47
0.46
0.55
0.51
0.51
Assuming each individual gets BDT 163 per day
or USD 1.9 per day
1.35
CPD (2021): State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2021-22 (First Reading)
1.25
1.24
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