Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh: A Literature Revisit

The alleviation of poverty and restructuring of society for ensuring sustainable livelihood are very important issues in Bangladesh now. Although the rate of poverty has been declining, it is declining at a very slow rate. The specific threat from poverty is quite noticeable among the certain groups and in certain areas. Therefore intensive research initiative is warranted to come out with some solid programs to improve this situation. This paper attempted to review related literatures to gauge the level of poverty, finding out failure of many initiatives taken so far and finally propose effective measures that can be initiated to overcome this phenomenon.