UNB, Dhaka :
Six factors are deepening vulnerabilities in Bangladesh which are the main barriers for the country to attain the core aspiration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – ‘leave no one behind’- by 2030, says a new study of Centre for Policy Development (CPD).
The six factors are lack of access to quality education, wide infrastructure gaps, social discrimination, shocks particularly climate-induced ones due to geographical location, various forms of insecurity and lack of quality and disaggregated data, according to the study conducted by a CPD team, led by its distinguished fellow Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya.
The report titled ‘Quest for inclusive transformation of Bangladesh: Who not to be left behind’ will be revealed on Wednesday at a daylong Citizen’s Conference on SDGs in Bangladesh 2017 in the city.
Towfiqul Islam Khan, a Research Fellow of CPD, a civil society think-tank, acted as the principal researcher of the team. The six factors were identified through focus group discussions.
These vulnerabilities are underpinned low income status, lifecycle phenomena, adverse location, gender discrimination, civil identity problems, physical and mental disabilities and social stigma, the CPD study said.
It said increasing income inequality is aggravating the problems and the asset inequality is increasing even faster.
There is an underbelly of the decent growth performance of Bangladesh. The observed economic growth has been regrettably coupled with a growing number of disadvantaged and marginalised people.
Determining who is being left behind in Bangladesh by the term ‘vulnerability’, the report used 12 vulnerability criteria to identify and assess vulnerable groups. The criteria are income, gender, geographic location, lifecycle, civil identity, disability, education and skills, health, occupation, religion and ethnicity, sexual orientation and shock-induced vulnerability.
“Fuller policy delivery also demands social mobilisation in favour of these vulnerable people as well as change of norms, values and mindset. In that sense, addressing the vulnerability of those left behind in the traditional socio-economic growth process is a political economic task which entrails change in balance of social forces,” it said.
Besides, income and wealth inequalities appear to be greater in urban areas, while consumption inequality seems to be increasing in rural areas and decreasing in urban areas.
Six factors are deepening vulnerabilities in Bangladesh which are the main barriers for the country to attain the core aspiration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – ‘leave no one behind’- by 2030, says a new study of Centre for Policy Development (CPD).
The six factors are lack of access to quality education, wide infrastructure gaps, social discrimination, shocks particularly climate-induced ones due to geographical location, various forms of insecurity and lack of quality and disaggregated data, according to the study conducted by a CPD team, led by its distinguished fellow Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya.
The report titled ‘Quest for inclusive transformation of Bangladesh: Who not to be left behind’ will be revealed on Wednesday at a daylong Citizen’s Conference on SDGs in Bangladesh 2017 in the city.
Towfiqul Islam Khan, a Research Fellow of CPD, a civil society think-tank, acted as the principal researcher of the team. The six factors were identified through focus group discussions.
These vulnerabilities are underpinned low income status, lifecycle phenomena, adverse location, gender discrimination, civil identity problems, physical and mental disabilities and social stigma, the CPD study said.
It said increasing income inequality is aggravating the problems and the asset inequality is increasing even faster.
There is an underbelly of the decent growth performance of Bangladesh. The observed economic growth has been regrettably coupled with a growing number of disadvantaged and marginalised people.
Determining who is being left behind in Bangladesh by the term ‘vulnerability’, the report used 12 vulnerability criteria to identify and assess vulnerable groups. The criteria are income, gender, geographic location, lifecycle, civil identity, disability, education and skills, health, occupation, religion and ethnicity, sexual orientation and shock-induced vulnerability.
“Fuller policy delivery also demands social mobilisation in favour of these vulnerable people as well as change of norms, values and mindset. In that sense, addressing the vulnerability of those left behind in the traditional socio-economic growth process is a political economic task which entrails change in balance of social forces,” it said.
Besides, income and wealth inequalities appear to be greater in urban areas, while consumption inequality seems to be increasing in rural areas and decreasing in urban areas.
