Write short notes on the followings below
Poverty is a soical curse in our society. It is most concentrated in the rural areas of Bangladesh, hence creating disparities between the rural and urban areas. However, urban poverty remains a problem too. The rural people lack services such as education. According to Bangladesh Economic Review-2024, 14.7 percent of the population in urban areas lives below the poverty line. People living in urban areas, like Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi, enjoy a better standard of living with electricity, gas, and clean water supplies. Even in the major cities, however, a significant proportion of people live in squalor in dwellings that fall apart during the monsoon season and have no regular electricity.
These people have limited access to health care and to clean drinking water. There are many causes of rural and urban poverty. One of the main causes of rural poverty is due to the country's geographical and demographic characteristics. A large proportion of the country is lowlying, and thus is at a risk to flooding Many of the rural poor live in areas that are prone to-
extreme annual flooding which cause huge damage to
their crops, homes and livelihoods. In order to rebuild
their homes, they often have to resort to money lenders,
and that causes them to fall deeper into poverty. In
addition, these natural disasters also cause out breaks
of cholera and other waterborne and diarrheal diseases
such as dengue and malaria which will affect them
physically and lower their productivity levels. Another
cause of rural poverty is due to the fast growing
population rate. The causes of urban poverty are due
to the limited employment opportunities, degraded
environment, and bad housing and sanitation. The urban
poor hold jobs that are labour demanding, thus
affecting their health conditions. Therefore, the urban
poor are in a difficult situation to escape poverty. For
the eradiction of this problem we have to create working opportunities for enlarged population. Alongside the people living in both villages and urban areas should be educated. Above all, people have to be conscious and meet any disaster both natural and man-made in a couragious manner. If above mentioned measures are not taken immediately people will not be able to escape from the grasp of poverty.
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