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Report says 34% Pakistanis living on just $3.2 or Rs588 a day income
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Report says 34% Pakistanis living on just $3.2 or Rs588 a day income
Referring to a World Bank (WB) report stating that Bangladesh has further reduced poverty, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the report has proven that some so-called research and social organisations have published fictitious and motivated reports of increasing poverty in the country during the pandemic to create confusion.
Bangladesh economy shows resilience amid global uncertainty, says World Bank
The estimated poverty in Bangladesh has declined by 0.6 percent in the 2021 fiscal year, riding on the strong economic recovery amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest report of the World Bank.
DHAKA, April 13, 2022 (BSS) – Bangladesh’s estimated poverty declined to 11.9 percent in FY21 from 12.5 percent in FY20