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Bangladesh: One in five people live below poverty line

Bangladesh: One in five people live below poverty line

Bangladesh's economy is growing but so too is inequality.

While the economy recorded 8 percent growth last year, one in five people live below the poverty line and the average wage is less than $5 a day.

Al Jazeera's Tanvir Chowdhury reports from one of the poorest areas in the capital Dhaka to show how the most basic necessities may be out of reach for some.

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