How are the poor coping up with high commodity prices?

Inflation in Bangladesh remained high for the last one year. The consumer price index started increasing in 2022's February and it reached a 10-year high of 9.52 per cent in the same year's August. After August, both food and non-food inflation started decreasing, but in 2023's February they rose again when the consumer price index increased to 8.78 per cent.

To assess the effect of inflation on the livelihoods of the poorer households in Bangladesh, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem), a private research organisation, conducted a survey in the country.

The Daily Star's Business Editor Sohel Parvez discussed the outcome of the Sanem survey and how the situation can be handled with the research organisation's executive director, Selim Raihan, in today's Star Connect.