of the recent increase in rice prices on poverty with and without policy responses. Two sets of policy responses are …

detailed economywide computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to run a series of policy experiments. They find that poverty … mechanism the government adopts to offset forgone tariff revenue. If an indirect tax is used, the incidence of poverty falls … marginally, but the depth (poverty gap) and severity (squared poverty gap) increase substantially. If, instead, an income tax is …

"Seasonal poverty in Bangladesh, locally known as monga, refers to seasonal deprivation of food during the pre … targeted poor to contain income seasonality and poverty in this impoverished part of Bangladesh. "--World Bank web site … labor markets has helped reduce seasonality in income and poverty in regions other than Rangpur in the recent past. Hence …

"This paper analyzes the distributional impacts of trade reforms in rural areas of Bangladesh. The liberalization of …

poverty in Bangladesh. They use a sequential dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, which takes into account … scenario has negative implications for the overall macroeconomy, household welfare, and poverty in Bangladesh. Terms of trade … accumulation effects, allowing for long-run analysis. The study is based on the 2000 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) of Bangladesh …

impacts of rural road projects using household-level panel data from Bangladesh. Rural road investments are found to reduce … poverty significantly through higher agricultural production, higher wages, lower input and transportation costs, and higher …

Bangladesh, they analyze exposure at two levels--differences within households attributable to family roles, and differences …