in extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression …

This paper sheds light on the impact of improving employment and education conditions on poverty and social exclusion … and education lead countries to achieve the Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion target with no other policy … different settings and uses widely available household survey data. The simulation model analyzes poverty and social exclusion …

As many as 50 million people in Pakistan may still live without connection to the electric grid. Pakistan also has some … presents the first empirical evidence on the cost of unreliable electricity supply to households in Pakistan. The results show …

This paper analyzes the patterns of and the challenges for youth employment in Pakistan and examines whether these … many of the challenges to youth employment in Pakistan are not youth-specific. Policies should thus emphasize broader labor …

This paper presents results from four simulations of the impact of potential tax reforms in Pakistan on poverty, shared … sales and corporate tax rates differ mildly in their impacts on consumption and poverty. Endogenously modeled tax evasion …

structural and institutional barriers identified by rational choice theory (poverty, exclusion by law or force, taste-based and …

for economic growth and poverty reduction. This paper studies the pattern of female activity and gender segmentation in …