The major aim of this chapter is to extend the poverty studies of the sixties into the seventies, it also re …-examines the evidence on rural poverty for the sixties, supplementing the results with new evidence where available, mainly to see … whether the conclusions reached by earlier authors were in fact justified. An examination of the trends in rural poverty into …

This note makes two poins. First, that the impact of remittances on poverty depends on who sends the remittances. If … those who send it come from poorer households (semi-skilled and unskilled workers), its impact on poverty would be greater … terms of its overall impact on the economy and through this on poverty. …

The main focus of this study is Rural Punjab and it contributes to regional poverty research in two ways; first, using …), it provides fresh poverty estimates for the rural areas of the Punjab. Second, the poverty differential across the … these zones. This study shows four major factors that explain inequalities in poverty levels. First, the rural areas of two …