ABSTRACT

A key target of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is “to eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere” by 2030. It is thus imperative to investigate how the poor people themselves perceive extreme poverty. In a Bangladesh context, contrasting lived experiences of the perceived poor and current dollar-based definition of extreme poverty seems to delineate different pictures. If poor people’s perceptions largely differ from the existing measure, poverty eradication in global development initiatives might become a mere statistical success. This paper argues that revisiting the existing definition in various country contexts might enhance the noble intention of poverty eradication.

摘要

可持续发展目标（SDG）的关键目标是“到2030年为全世界的所有人消除赤贫”。因此，有必要调查穷人自己如何看待赤贫。在孟加拉国的情况下，人们对感知到的贫困与以美元为基础的极端贫困的定义之间的对比经验似乎描绘了不同的画面。如果穷人的看法与现有措施大不相同，那么全球发展倡议中的消除贫困可能仅是统计上的成功。本文认为，在不同国家中重新审视现有的定义可能会增强消除贫困的崇高意图。