Bangladesh - Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in the Urban Slums of Bangladesh: A 2013 survey of slum households in Dhaka, Barisal and Sirajganj, December 2015

Over the past few decades, the urban population in Bangladesh has grown rapidly. With the survey on Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in the Urban Slums of

Bangladesh, WFP sought to update the information available on the food security situation among urban slum households, while also complementing this information with key nutrition data on women and children.

Conducted in the urban slums of Dhaka, Barisal, and Sirajganj, the findings from the Survey serve to highlight the unique and challenging conditions which impact the food security of a slum household and the nutritional status of its members therein. The survey results provide some indication as to where programme and policy makers might focus their efforts if they are to improve these outcomes for slum dwellers in the coming years.