In this paper, we examine the effect of migrants’ remittances on poverty and inequality. The survey data were collected … scenario without remittances; this is then compared with its current income. We find that the poverty rate and the … vulnerability of non-poor households are significantly dropped due to remittances. Our findings also suggest that remittance inflows …

This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in … poverty. The results show a statistically significant and positive impact of hose remittances on recipient households … that migrants’ remittances can improve living standards among Moroccan households and affect negatively the incidence of …

Nedroma. At the same time, they help reduce poverty by nearly 13 percentage points. Remittances have a strong positive impact …, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) is used to analyse the effects of remittances on the distribution of household incomes. The … calculation of the impact of migration on the distribution of household income. Remittances, and especially foreign pensions …

to reduce poverty in rural Pakistan. The present study attempts to analyze the impact of socioeconomic and demographic …Poverty is a complex phenomenon based on a network of interlocking economic, social, political, and demographic factors …. An understanding of the extent, nature, and determinants of rural poverty is a precondition for effective public policy …

populations. Finally, food price inflation can lead to significant increases in Pakistani poverty levels: For Pakistan as a whole … and the most vulnerable to these price shocks are the poorest segments of society. In countries like Pakistan, the … discussion has focused onthe impact of substantially higher food and fuel prices on poverty. This paper used PSLM and MICS …

While schooling outcomes for girls have improved over the period 2001–11, progress has been uneven within Pakistan … secondary school enrollments for girls. We use data from the Pakistan Integrated Household Survey for 2001/02 and the Pakistan …

The structural transformation of Pakistan’s economy has not been accompanied by a concomitant decline in the proportion … challenges of poverty, food security, agricultural growth and rural development, thissector has received inadequate attention in … Survey of Pakistan 2005 and the Surveys of Domestic Commerce 2007 – this paper attempts to analyze the factors underlying the …

industrialization on poverty. It is concluded that industrial development in Pakistan has historically been heavily dependent on …Public policy is aimed at increasing the efficiency of the industrial sector in Pakistan. This paper looks at four … policy making. Thirdly, I have briefly discussed the history of policies implemented in Pakistan. Lastly, I have discussed …

The main focus of this study is Rural Punjab and it contributes to regional poverty research in two ways; first, using … a more recent household survey data, carried out in August 2007 by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE …), it provides fresh poverty estimates for the rural areas of the Punjab. Second, the poverty differential across the agro …