Poverty doubles to 42%; 28.5% Bangladeshis extremely poor: survey
Published 24 Jan,2021 via The Financial Express - Upper poverty rate in Bangladesh almost doubled to 42 per cent in December 2020 from 21.6 per cent in 2018 for Covid-19, according to a latest household survey.
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