Urban Poverty in Bangladesh

The conceptual framework of urban poverty illustrates that the collapse of the rural economy results in a large group of the rural population being forced to migrate into urban areas in search of employment to change their and their children's fortune. [...] Our survey reveals that 24.5 per cent of the household heads migrated to urban areas due to the lack of job opportunities in the rural areas, and 20.4 per cent said they migrated to urban areas in search of fortune. [...] Using the Cost of Basic Needs (CBN) method—based on the national data of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), 2016 and inflation-adjusted up to 2022—, the study finds that 77.5 per cent of the surveyed households live below the upper poverty line, with the corresponding national figure of 24.3 per cent. [...] The political economy of informal housing of the urban poor indicates the infringement of their right to adequate housing for a decent living. [...] ALRD & HDRC | ii Urban Poverty in Bangladesh Education: The access to and level of education are significantly low among the urban poor households compared to the national scenario.