State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2021-22
Independent Review of
RBD
Bangladesh's Development
The need for universal disability benefits
□ More than 70 per cent of persons with disabilities in Bangladesh
participating in some form of economic activity prior to the pandemic lost
their livelihoods during the lockdown
□ Persons with disabilities have mentioned that they have been
disproportionately neglected from the government's COVID-19 assistance
Unfortunately, in Bangladesh only 18.5 per cent of people with
disabilities, were protected with benefits in 2017
☐ The cost of providing cash benefits equal to 100 per cent of the national
poverty line to all persons with severe disabilities would be only 0.93 per
cent of GDP
Providing USD 2 per day PPP to all persons with severe
disabilities in Bangladesh would cost 0.55 per cent of GDP
CPD (2021): State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2021-22 (First Reading)
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