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‘Beyond the 20.5% of the population officially recognized as poor, there was a group of ‘new poor’ representing an additional 22.9% of the population that needed to be brought within the discussion on poverty’
An additional 23% people fell in poverty in April in the country compared to the figure in February caused by steep decline in income due to the outbreak of Covid-19 that pushed the poverty rate to over 43%.
A research titled “PPRC-BIGD Rapid Response Research Livelihoods, Coping and Support During Covid-19 Crisis” reveled the findings on Wednesday.
The survey was conducted over phone on 12,000 households in both urban slums and rural areas from April 4 to April 12.
Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) conducted the research.
“Due to the income shock occasioned by Covid-19, 77.2% of these vulnerable non-poor actually fell below the poverty line. Beyond the 20.5% of the population officially recognized as poor, there was a group of ‘new poor’ representing an additional 22.9% of the population that needed to be brought within the discussion on poverty,” said HossainZillur Rahman, Chairman of PPRC, in his presentation
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