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PPRC in the press.

A record of how PPRC research, data and commentary reaches national dailies, international outlets and broadcast media.

Outlets Represented

40+ outlets

Archive Period

25+ years

Newspaper print coverage
The Daily Star
Featured Story May 2025

Six in ten urban households can no longer meet basic monthly needs - PPRC survey

New PPRC panel data tracking 3,000 households across Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet finds structural deterioration in household economic resilience not captured in official poverty headcounts. The report outlines practical transition recommendations.

Quoting: Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman | Topic: Household Marginality
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Financial Express

SORE 2025 tracks thinning household margins

PPRC's baseline tracking registers the thinnest household budget surplus in five years. Researchers argue targeted stipends and targeted safety programs are necessary.

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Prothom Alo

PPRC research reframes the new vulnerability map of poverty

The report notes that 23.75% of households sitting just above the poverty threshold remain at high risk of falling back into poverty after a single income, food-price or climate shock.

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The Guardian

Bangladesh poverty success masks near-poor vulnerability

PPRC panel findings warn that climate shocks and inflation risk pulling millions of rural and urban families back below the absolute poverty threshold.

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Channel 24

Policy must move faster than inflation realities

Live broadcast dialogue featuring HZR on why aggregate numbers on economic growth diverge from the actual lived realities inside Dhanmondi and secondary city settlements.

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New Age

Informal safety nets filling government gap

Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman notes that community trust-based lending is serving as the primary buffer as state safety-net programs undergo targeted targeting reforms.

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Reuters

Economic transition risks leaving vulnerable behind

Reuters covers PPRC's longitudinal panel launch, mapping the specific structural shifts inside the garment worker sector and rural farming centers.

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The Business Standard

Education stipends need urgent programmatic redesign

PPRC's study tracking stipend recipients highlights a critical need to adjust disbursement values to keep pace with basic household expenditures and secondary enrollment fees.

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BBC World Service

Inside Bangladesh's shifting poverty data dynamics

Radio feature dissecting PPRC's 25-year structural synthesis: tracking how micro-shocks become long-term poverty risks.

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Dhaka Tribune

Governance trust as a driver of local social mobility

Comprehensive synthesis of PPRC's annual governance indicators, detailing why access to fair judicial and administrative systems directly impacts household economic security.

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Al Jazeera English

Urban poor invisible in aggregate national statistics

Feature focusing on the slum populations of Chittagong. PPRC survey researchers show how conventional indicators omit deep multi-dimensional deprivations.

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Ittefaq

স্বাস্থ্য সুরক্ষার চ্যালেঞ্জ: পিপিআরসির জরিপ

পিপিআরসির মাঠ পর্যায়ের জরিপ থেকে জানা যায় যে, পরিবারের à¦-ড় আয়ের একটি বিরাট অংশ চিকিৎসা ব্যয় মেটাতে নিঃশেষ হয়ে পড়ছে।

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The Wire

South Asia food insecurity: The Bangladesh case study

Cross-border comparative analysis leveraging PPRC longitudinal datasets to highlight dietary shifts and structural malnutrition rates in urban settlements.

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Historical coverage

The historical ledger.

A compact compilation of secondary press coverage, citations, and mentions from regional and global research outlets.

2023

5 core citations

12 Nov 2023 Financial Times Bangladesh macro transition: Dr. Rahman outlines the local reality
05 Oct 2023 NY Times Climate migration inside South Asia's active coastal zones
21 Aug 2023 The Economist How longitudinal household panel data reshapes regional indices
14 Jun 2023 Al Jazeera Urban slum resilience inside Dhaka: PPRC primary survey findings
08 Apr 2023 Prothom Alo পিপিআরসি জরিপ: নিম্নবিত্তের à¦-াদ্যাভ্যাসে ক্ষতিকর বদল

2022

4 core citations

19 Dec 2022 World Bank Blog Developing resilient social registries: PPRC methodology notes
03 Oct 2022 BBC London Inflated fuel costs hit the urban poor in emerging markets
11 Jul 2022 Dawn (Pakistan) Regional lessons: How Bangladesh manages primary stipend targeting
22 Mar 2022 The Hindu Pandemic recovery indicators: Tracking the vulnerable non-poor

2021

3 core citations

15 Oct 2021 Reuters Longitudinal panel traces massive post-lockdown urban outmigration
08 Aug 2021 The Guardian Pandemic triggers major reversal in South Asian extreme poverty metrics
10 Jan 2021 Le Monde (EN) Redefining vulnerability inside large South Asian cities
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