Child Equity Atlas - BIDS
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Pockets of Social Deprivation<br />
higher deprivation.<br />
7.3.3 The United Nations Development Assistance<br />
Framework (UNDAF) 2012-2016 in support of the<br />
Government of Bangladesh’s Sixth Five Year Plan<br />
identified 20 districts, which were lagging behind<br />
on MDG achievement and on vulnerability Mapping<br />
determined by social indicators. It can be seen that<br />
of the top 10 most deprived districts identified<br />
using the census data and specific indicators, 9<br />
districts were also identified as the priority districts<br />
for geographical targeting under UNDAF, the only<br />
exception being Chapai Nawabganj district.<br />
7.3.4 Out of the top fifty highest deprived<br />
(quintile five) upazilas in Map 7.7, 20 (40 per cent)<br />
were located in Chittagong, 14 (28 per cent) in<br />
Sylhet, 10 (20 per cent) in Dhaka, five in Rangpur<br />
and only one in Rajshahi division.<br />
7.3.5 In terms of distribution of 50 highest<br />
deprived upazilas by districts, these were spread<br />
across 16 districts. About half of the most deprived<br />
Photo : Ibrahim Khan Moni<br />
upazilas (27 out of 50 upazilas) are located in just<br />
five districts (Table 7.4) and the other 23 upazilas<br />
were located in as many as 11 districts.<br />
7.3.6 Five out of fifteen deprived districts had<br />
none of the highest deprived upazilas. On the<br />
other hand, there were six districts, which were<br />
not most deprived, but are home to a few most<br />
deprived upazilas, for example, Sylhet district<br />
though ranked very low as a deprived district<br />
(rank 22), had two most deprived upazilas<br />
(Companiganj and Gowainghat).<br />
Table 7.4: Distribution of most deprived 50<br />
upazilas by district, Bangladesh 2011<br />
Srl. Division District Number of most<br />
deprived upazilas<br />
1. Sylhet Sunamganj 8<br />
2. Chittagong Bandarban 6<br />
3. Dhaka Netrokona 5<br />
4. Chittagong Cox’s Bazar 4<br />
5. Sylhet Habiganj 4<br />
6. Dhaka Kishoreganj 4<br />
7. Chittagong Rangamati 4<br />
8. Barisal Bhola 3<br />
9. Rangpur Gaibandha 2<br />
10. Chittagong Lakshmipur 2<br />
11. Chittagong Noakhali 2<br />
12. Sylhet Sylhet 2<br />
13. Chittagong Brahmanbaria 1<br />
14. Chittagong Khagrachhari 1<br />
15. Dhaka Mymensingh 1<br />
16. Rajshahi Sirajganj 1<br />
Total 16 districts 50 upazilas<br />
7.3.7 The location of the 100 most deprived<br />
upazilas is presented in Map 7.8. The Map<br />
shows that the 100 most deprived upazilas are<br />
located near the borders of the country which<br />
are less accessible. This indicates how physical<br />
accessibility is related with deprivation of basic<br />
social services.<br />
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