Impact of the Ashrayan-2 Government-Housing Project on Life and Livelihood of Marginal People in Tangail District of Bangladesh
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Impact, Ashrayan-2 project, Livelihood, Marginal people, BangladeshAbstract
Bangladesh is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. She suffers from regular natural hazards, viz., floods, storm surges, droughts, and tropical cyclones. These hazards lead to the loss and destruction of housing, land, and property that resulted in the loss of the livelihoods of the affected people and hence, widespread displacement across the country. For these vulnerable people, the government takes various programs simultaneously to meet the basic needs of these marginalized people of the society. In Mujib Borsho, the Bangladesh government introduced a housing program, namely the Ashrayan 2 project, to provide houses to the homeless and landless people in the quickest time. In its first phase (reported on 23 January 2021), a total of 69,904 families have been given houses along with ownership rights. In the second phase (reported on June 20, 2021), more than 53,000 families were provided houses in a similar fashion. Therefore, the study aims to examine the impact of the housing project on the livelihood of the beneficiary households. To achieve these objectives, the study uses the livelihood platform approach of the SLA framework for calculating the livelihood standard of the beneficiary people. To pursue the study, required data were collected from 145 beneficiary households from 8 project intervention areas located in Sadar Upazila of Tangail District. From the analysis of the data, the study found that the project affects beneficiaries’ livelihoods positively, albeit to a small extent. Various income-generating programs and house-related facilities may contribute to ensuring better livelihood.
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