, encompassing employment, innovation, education, poverty and social inclusion, and climate/energy. An overarching goal of the Europe … each of the EU Member States. The European council used three measures of poverty and social exclusion: at risk of poverty … rate, a measure of relative poverty defined as the percent of the population with incomes less than 60 percent of the …

Georgia has an impressive record of reforms and is on a steady track of poverty reduction, butensuring that of its all …

This report shows that after a decade of moderate growth but little or no long term change in rural poverty in Pakistan … and poverty reduction. Nonetheless, Pakistan has made important strides in the last several years to promote rural growth …, agricultural output, rural incomes, rural poverty and social welfare indicators all showed marked improvements between 2001-02 and …

priority poverty issues associated with freight transport in Pakistan; (iv) identification jointly with stakeholders of …The Government of Pakistan's (GoP's) 2011 framework for economic growth seeks to place Pakistan on a sustained high … sector constitutes 10 percent of Pakistan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and provides 6 percent of the employment in the …

Pakistan is not on track to achieve most Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to health, nutrition and … population. Given its current rate of progress, in 2015 Pakistan's infant mortality rate (IMR) will be 65 deaths per 1,000 live … births respectively. Pakistan will not achieve the MDG related to nutrition. The review aims to develop a limited set of …

The vision of Pakistan's social protection strategy to reach the poor and vulnerable (2007) is 'to develop an … non poor households into poverty, and poor households into deeper poverty; and 3) to promote investment in human and … medium run and of interrupting the intergenerational cycle of poverty. This vision is fully consistent with the World Bank …

This report is part of an ongoing project to understand poverty, growth, and human development in Pakistan. It argues … mitigating poverty and broadening access to social services in Pakistan. Neither debt reform nor the mere availability of donor … that if the country does not close its social gap, its long-term ability to grow economically, alleviate poverty, and …