Insight into Rural Poverty in Bangladesh

The purpose of the present study is to enumerate the extent, and analyze the causes and consequences of the prevailing rural poverty; and the way to get out of it. The study aims to accord both theoretical and empirical treatments to the issue of rural poverty. Especially. diverge theories of development and underdevelopment have been critically examined. An attempt has been made to examine the relevancy of different approaches so far as they relate to the alleviation of rural poverty in Bangladesh. It has been argued that all the approaches have some merits as well as limitations in explaining the rural poverty and suggesting the way out. The study is entirely based upon available secondary data. Empirical treatments have been based upon the findings of different studies carried out in Bangladesh. Specifically, the analysis of poverty trend project covering 62 villages conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Development studies (BIDS) in 1989-90 has been heavily relied upon