possibility of reducing inequality and poverty through equity market liberalization. …

Using bilateral data on remittance flows to Pakistan for 23 major host countries, this is the first study that examines … the effect of transaction costs on foreign remittances. The authors find that the effect of transaction costs on … home or make them remit through informal channels. They also find that remittances are facilitated by the existence of …

This paper examines three possible approaches to pro-poor growth. The first one assumes that the poverty line remains … constant in real terms over time. The second perspective examines the case where the poverty line is equal to half the median … of the income distribution but assumes that such a poverty line is determined exogenously. Finally we also propose a …

paper gathers empirical evidence from Pakistan, a country with a checkered political history characterized by episodes of … political competition and estimate its impact on economic policy. Contrary to popular conceptions about Pakistan's economy, they … as well as subnational levels in Pakistan and withstands a number of robustness tests. …

relevant for further processing, for example poverty calculations, but surveyed explicitly in another (source) survey, not … latently observed in the surveys typically used for poverty calculation. It is explicitly captured in the social survey, which … is not suitable for poverty measurement. This procedure is useful for ex-post enhancement of survey data in general. …

. Various forms of poverty, inequality, polarization and income mobility structures are considered and much of the conventional …