30pc people facing food scarcity
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- 27 Oct 2022
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Around 30 percent people in Bangladesh are facing food scarcity though the country's economy made a recovery from the pandemic-induced shocks, says a World Bank survey.
The number of people, who went to sleep hungry, almost doubled to 13 percent in May this year from 7 percent in June last year, according to the survey.
WB Senior Economist Ayago Wambile presented the keynote paper on the survey at a seminar, organised by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) in the capital yesterday.
Six percent of the people surveyed in May this year said they could not buy food. The figure was 5 percent in June last year. The number of those who didn't eat in 24 hours rose to 2 percent in May this year from 1 percent in June last year, the survey said.
However, there has been a significant decrease in the number of people, who ate smaller meals, over the last one year. It fell to 9 percent in May this year from 17 percent in June last year. Read More...
