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 …

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 …

This article discusses the impact of the current stagflation in Pakistan on the labor market and poverty. The paper … poverty and the labor market appear to have been cushioned by the large increase in remittances, rising wages in agriculture … presents a preliminary explanation of why the labor market and poverty impact of the current stagflation may be far smaller …

reducing transaction costs by improving the institutional and physical infrastructure are key to expanding Pakistan’s exports …

This paper takes a historical perspective to search for the major causes of Pakistan’s stop-go growth cycles and come …