Understanding resilience: Lessons from lived experiences of extreme poverty in Bangladesh

Maîtrot, Mathilde; Wood, Geof; Devine, Joe

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“…Extremely poor families are highly exposed to risks and insecurity. The idiosyncrasies of their condition often distinguish them from the poor and non-poor (Ali et al, 2021;Maîtrot et al, 2021). While the rich have more options, the extreme poor often live with a profound sense of fear, insecurity, and uncertainty, which emerges from the instability and volatility of market imperfections, pervasive clientelism, patriarchy, and marketized, patrimonial, and clientelist states (Wood, 2004).…”

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“…We collected the qualitative data using the life‐history method (Cole & Knowles, 2001). This approach has previously been used to understand extreme poverty in Bangladesh (Akram et al, 2020; Baulch & Davis, 2008; Hulme, 2004; Maîtrot et al, 2021). For data collection, participants were asked to narrate the important life events that they believed had profoundly affected their living conditions positively or negatively.…”

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Family's roles as a welfare pillar: The case of older persons living in extreme poverty in Bangladesh

Akram

Maîtrot

2023

Development Policy Review

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Motivation: Many mainstream welfare theories developed by social scientists and applied by economists and policy-makers underestimate families' roles in providing welfare to citizens. This is surprising given that the family constitutes one of the main welfare pillars across typologies of the welfare state.Purpose: This article seeks to explore the role of the family as a welfare pillar with an ageing perspective. We aimed to test whether the family serves as a space for negotiations to improve wellbeing and achieve security in the absence of effective formal mechanisms Methods and approach: Applying the framework of "informal security regimes," this article draws on 37 life-history interviews collected from older persons living in extreme poverty in Bangladesh. Recurring themes are identified and analysed to explore the relationship between family and wellbeing/security. Findings: We find that family relationships are often central in the pursuit of security. This shows how welfare delivery in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), in this case Bangladesh, is deeply rooted in reciprocal family systems where all members actively fulfil moral and material expectations.Pursuing this collective goal can take different forms relative to each member's physical and mental capacity, position, gender, and age. Building on the empirical evidence,

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Family's roles as a welfare pillar: The case of older persons living in extreme poverty in Bangladesh

Akram

Maîtrot

2023

Development Policy Review

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“…Bangladesh's social and economic success has been a widely discussed miracle (Sawada et al, 2018;Tama et al, 2021). The country achieved steady economic growth in the last few decades and pulled millions out of poverty (Maîtrot et al, 2021). The growth has boosted all kinds of business and economic activitiesscaling from small to large .…”

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Hazardous Child Labor in Bangladesh: A Critical Evaluation of the Legal and Policy Framework Vis a Vis Practical Challenges

Hoque¹

2022

Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Children and Youth

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Bangladesh is a signatory of the International Labor Organization's two landmark conventions on child labor -No.138 on Minimum Age and No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. The Bangladesh Labor Act, 2006 prohibits the employment of any child in child labor's worst forms, including hazardous ones. To eliminate hazardous child labor (HCL) from the country, the government published a list of 38 activities/processes as hazardous to children. However, emerging data suggest that HCL still exists widely in the country, and the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the situation. The review of existing evidence and relevant reports evinces that the country's current policies inadequately address the status and remedies of HCL. Based on the author's desk review, observational experience and visual work, this paper evaluates the competence of the hazardous labor list and current legal protections for children. The findings suggest that lack of implementation, reporting and monitoring opens the floodgate for employers to informally employ children in hazardous work and take advantage of the legal lacunae. Destitute families and street children lack citizenship documents and become easy victims of exploitative employment. The analysis informs that the country's existing legislative framework and protection policies are critically inadequate to cease HCL in urban areas.

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“…Based on two prominent research databases-i.e., Scopus (45) and Web of Science (39)-a total of 84 articles were published over 2019-2021 focusing on poverty issues. An illustrative list of these articles include Adnan et al, 2020;Maîtrot et al, 2021;Mizanur Rahman, 2019;Rahman et al, 2021;Sarker et al, 2020;Sydunnaher et al, 2019. Along with academic contributions, several initiatives and programs have been implemented by many institutions, public and private, to reduce the poverty rate. According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the poverty rate in Bangladesh dropped from 24.3 percent in 2016 to 20.5 percent in 2019.…”

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Estimation of Zakat Proceeds in Bangladesh: A Two-Approach Attempt

Jahangir

Bulut

2022

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Understanding resilience: Lessons from lived experiences of extreme poverty in Bangladesh

Abstract: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Family's roles as a welfare pillar: The case of older persons living in extreme poverty in Bangladesh

Family's roles as a welfare pillar: The case of older persons living in extreme poverty in Bangladesh

Hazardous Child Labor in Bangladesh: A Critical Evaluation of the Legal and Policy Framework Vis a Vis Practical Challenges

Estimation of Zakat Proceeds in Bangladesh: A Two-Approach Attempt

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