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Do the Slum Dwellers Enjoy the Basic Constitutional and Economic Rights as a Citizen in Bangladesh?

Global Disclosure of Economics and Business

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Title Do the Slum Dwellers Enjoy the Basic Constitutional and Economic Rights as a Citizen in Bangladesh?
 
Creator Hossain, Basharat
 
Subject Slum Dwellers, Standard of Living, Basic Needs, Constitutional and Economic rights, Bangladesh
 
Description Bangladesh is a country of about 156million people including nearly 7.81 million of slum people. This paper investigates 28 years data for 1986- 2014 periods on the living standard of slum dwellers of Bangladesh. It presents the different forms of deprivations, sufferings and miseries of slum people from basic needs including social, constitutional and economic rights. More specifically, the wretchedness of slum dwellers in housing, drinking water, sanitation, food intake, healthcare, education, employment, income patterns, social status and security, economic and public assistance has been explored in this paper. In addition, poverty scenario and services of social organization among slum people has been focused in this paper. Finally, it recommends some policies to improve the living conditions of slum dwellers in Bangladesh.JEL Classification Code: I31, I38, I13, I18, I25, E26, O18, O15, O17 Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11903/gdeb.v3n2.3
 
Publisher i-Proclaim
 
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Date 2014-12-15
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://i-proclaim.my/archive/index.php/gdeb/article/view/114
 
Source Global Disclosure of Economics and Business; Vol 3, No 2 (2014): 6th Issue; 131-142
2307-9592
2305-9168
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://i-proclaim.my/archive/index.php/gdeb/article/view/114/113
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2016 Basharat Hossain
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