Child Equity Atlas: Pockets of Social Deprivation in Bangladesh

The Atlas was produced jointly by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and UNICEF Bangladesh under a tripartite agreement between the three organizations. The main purpose of the Atlas is to promote evidence led equity based policy on children and women in Bangladesh using the data obtained from the Population and Housing Census 2011 conducted by BBS. The Child Equity Atlas was undertaken principally to achieve three broad objectives. Firstly, to unpack the patterns of progress recorded by Bangladesh and map the prevailing pockets of key social deprivations faced by children, youth and women, between 2001 and 2011 censuses. Secondly, analyse the pockets of social deprivations, as a call for concerted action to close the inequities between areas and population groups in the country. Thirdly, the analysis contained in the child equity analysis should contribute to policy dialogue to reform and refocus relevant policies and programmes, towards more equitable socioeconomic development in Bangladesh’s quest toward middle income status by 2021.

The major focus of the analysis was children up to 18 years of age, youth as defined by demographic and international standards and women aged 15- 49 years.  Beyond demographics and social services and facilities, the Atlas used a composite deprivation index to measure progress and produced maps to show patterns of social development outcomes across areas and population groups, with focus on children, youth and women. About 14 indicators were extracted or computed from the census data to produce this Child Equity Atlas. With its graphs, tables and analysis the Atlas presents important observations about the remarkable achievements in Bangladesh while the equity focus unearths the huge inequities that still exist in the country. 

click here to download the Child Equity Atlas_Full Version (pdf file).

click here  to download the Annex 3B_Data Tables_Upazilas (pdf file).