This paper aims to investigate the relationship between physical infrastructure and economic development of Pakistan. A … composite index of physical infrastructure has been constructed through Principal Component Analysis. This has been done by … taking into account three different dimensions of infrastructure i.e. transportation infrastructure, energy infrastructure …

This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income … Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty has fallen markedly during the period … regardless of the exact location of the poverty line. Income inequality rose from 1988 to 1995 but has been fairly constant …

This paper has explored the relationship between infrastructure and growth and poverty in the context of the Bangladesh … economy and in this context the paper has used three different techniques. The general conclusion is that infrastructure plays … extremely significant role in promoting growth and alleviating poverty in Bangladesh. The construction of the district …

Developing countries attach enormous importance to physical infrastructure for poverty reduction. We contend that this … between infrastructure and poverty in India in a regional framework. Infrastructural availability improves average living … association is different across types of infrastructure and regions. The present paper explores the multidimensional association …

engaging children in child labour, can lock households in a low-income equilibrium or poverty trap. Provided that covariate …

An attempt has been made in this paper to examine the impact of international remittances on poverty and income …, between 1980 and 2009, were sampled for the poverty analysis whilst a sample size of 36 was used in the remittances … that remittances have significant poverty-alleviating effect, with the poorest of the poor being the least beneficiaries …

health facilities which enhance human capital, (b) public infrastructure such as roads and bridges necessary for market …

Using contemporary models this paper explores the time-series properties of financial infrastructure and economic … financial infrastructure variables are complementary or a substitute for economic performance? and in what way economic growth … infrastructure led economic growth”. Finance is found to be a leading sector only in the short-term link in Granger causality tests …