Poverty in Bangladesh: Measurement, decomposition and intertemporal comparison
使用Foster-Greer-Thorbecke方法测量和分解孟加拉国城乡贫困，分析食物热量短缺的影响，并进行跨期比较，发现1982至1986年农村贫困显著改善。
This article, using the methodology developed by Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke to measure and decompose poverty, provides estimates of the levels of poverty in rural and urban areas in Bangladesh. It investigates in the context of Bangladesh, the most powerful effect of poverty in terms of a shortfall in food for daily calorie intake by the poor. It provides intertemporal comparison of poverty and its decomposition among subgroups. It also makes comparisons between the results obtained in this study with those currently available. The results of the study show a significant improvement in poverty situations in rural areas from 1982 to 1986. The article also discusses the policy implications of its findings. Notes Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USA. The authors thank the editors of this journal and an anonymous referee for useful comments and suggestions.