Article 3: ARE GAROS POORER THAN AVERAGE NATIONAL LEVEL IN BANGLADESH? Vol.1 Iss. 1 pp. 24-27.
ARE GAROS POORER THAN AVERAGE NATIONAL LEVEL IN BANGLADESH?
Abdullah-Al-Zabir*
Department of Agricultural Statistics, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Email: zabir.sylau@gmail.com
Sabyasachi Chanda Antor
Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Email: sabyasachi.antor@yahoo.com
Md Nur Mozahid
Department of Agricultural Economics and Policy, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Email: mozahid.sau45@gmail.com
| A R T I C L E I N F O
Article Type: Short communication Received: 27, Jan. 2019. Accepted: 05, Mar. 2019. Published: 07, Mar. 2019.
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A B S T R A C T
The aim of the study was to assess the poverty likelihood of Garo ethnic community in Sherpur, Bangladesh. Scorocs® Simple Poverty Scorecard® was used to estimate the scorecard values from 70 respondents. Estimated average value of Simple Poverty Scorecard® was 43.47 which imply that the community had 76.4% (Intl. 2011 PPP, $1.90) and 96.5% (Intl. 2011 PPP, $3.10) chance of living below the poverty line. The result is far away from the national current poverty level which is a warning for sustainable economic development. |
| Keywords:
Poverty, Garo, Ethnic community, Bangladesh |