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The Honourable State Minister, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning, M.A. Mannan MP, launched the Bangladesh Poverty Maps 2010 on 27 Aug. This is the third generation of poverty maps in Bangladesh, which is an important statistical instrument for estimating the poverty incidence up to sub-district levels.
The poverty mapping exercises show that Rangpur and Barisal Divisions have the highest incidence of poverty while Chittagong and Sylhet division have the lowest. The maps were developed in a joint exercise by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the World Bank and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
Recognizing the geographical and regional variations and spatial inequality in growth and poverty allows for more effective targeting of policy interventions based on local conditions. Poverty maps can become an important instrument for prioritization of policy interventions and resource allocations.
“Comparing poverty maps with maps of social and other indicators that are correlated with poverty helps identify key impediments and bottlenecks that poor people face,” said Salman Zaidi, Lead Economist, World Bank. “I hope the Government will find the poverty maps helpful to plan better targeted interventions.”
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