Siddiqui, Rizwana; Kemal, A. R. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This study attempts to assess the impact of two shocks - trade liberalisation and a decline in remittances from abroad- on poverty in Pakistan using a CGE framework. It is found that tariff reduction in the absence of a decline in remittances reduces poverty, as measured by the head count,...