Last updated: 12/11/2021 Bangladesh Region: South AsiaCapital: DhakaCurrency: BDT Social Protection and Economic Data Income Category: Lower middle income Data from World Bank (2021) Population growth (%): 1.00% Data from World Bank (2020) Human Development Index (HDI): 0.63 Data from Human Development Report (2019) Age dependency ratio (%): 47.02% Data from World Bank (2021) Population: 164 689 383 Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 324.24 bi Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita: 1 968.79 Data from World Bank (2020) Resources on socialprotection.org Legal and Policy Frameworks Legal instrument 0 Policy document 6 Programmes Social assistance 10 Social insurance 0 Labour market 3 Other Content publications 247 databases 42 webinars 14 blog posts 46 multimedia 24 news 98 Social Protection Programmes Husband-Deserted, Widowed and Destitute Women Allowance, HWDWA Bangladesh - সমাজসেবা অধিদফতর, MoSW ( Ministry of Social Welfare) Secondary Education Sector Investment Programme (SESIP) Bangladesh - শিক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়, MoE (Ministry of Education) Old-age Allowance Programme, OAP Bangladesh - সমাজসেবা অধিদফতর, MoSW ( Ministry of Social Welfare) Secondary Education Stipend Programme, SESP Bangladesh - শিক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়, MoE (Ministry of Education) Allowance for Financially Insolvent Persons with Disabilities Bangladesh - সমাজসেবা অধিদফতর, MoSW ( Ministry of Social Welfare) Primary Education Stipend Programme, PESP Bangladesh - প্রাথমিক ও গণশিক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়, MoPME (Ministry of Primary and Mass Education) Legal and Policy Frameworks Bangladesh Employment Generation Program 2010 Asia, Bangladesh National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) of Bangladesh 2015 Asia, Bangladesh Bangladesh Social Safety Net Programmes (Budget 2017-18) 2018 Asia, Bangladesh National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS) of Bangladesh 2014 Bangladesh, Asia Project Implementation Manual: Modern Food Storage Facilities Project (MFSP) 2016 Asia, Bangladesh Steps Towards Change: National Strategy for Accelerated Poverty Reduction II 2009 Asia, Bangladesh
