Empirical Evidence on the Linkages between Environmental Degradation and Poverty in Bangladesh
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48 @ 2012, IJACST All Rights Reserved ABSTRACT Inspired by the worldwide debate on the issue of environmental degradation, an attempt has been taken to examine the nexus between environmental degradation and poverty among former districts of Bangladesh based on secondary sources of data. Our empirical findings suggest a positive relationship between poverty and environmental degradation except Chittagong hill tracks and mangrove forest area. It was also observed that environmental degradation is sensitive to economic growth. The successful reduction -nof poverty in Bangladesh legally depends on both linear and non linear relation of various climate and non-climate factors.
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