Publication: Cox's Bazar: Inclusive Growth Diagnostic
Date
2022-01-14
ISSN
Published
2022-01-14
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The district of Cox’s Bazar, in
southeastern Bangladesh, is an instructive context to
understand how long-standing and newer growth opportunities
and constraints manifest at the local level, remote from
Bangladesh’s major growth poles of Dhaka and Chittagong.
Potentially exacerbating Cox’s Bazar’s pre-existing
development challenges, the district is hosting a large
influx of displaced Myanmar nationals (Rohingya). More than
884,000 people have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar,
the vast majority since August 2017, more than doubling the
population living in the Cox’s Bazar upazilas of Teknaf and
Ukhia, which had higher poverty rates than the rest of the
district prior to the arrival of Rohingya.
Citation
“World Bank. 2022. Cox's Bazar: Inclusive Growth Diagnostic. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36841 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”