Key indicators:
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- Poverty rate at $3 a day (2021 PPP): 5.91pc in 2022
- Poverty rate at national poverty lines 18.7pc in 2022
- Multidimensional poverty headcount rati...
Extreme poverty set to hit 9.3pc in Bangladesh: WB
Bangladesh’s economy is confronting renewed headwinds, with political uncertainty under the interim government weighing heavily on investment and slowing industrial growth. According to a World Bank (WB) report released on Wednesday under the title Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) News, the outlook for 2025 could resemble the pandemic year of 2020, when economic stagnation drove millions into hardship.
