analyze the impact of terrorism in Pakistan on the inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investments, and … migrant remittances. We find that FDI decreases substantially as a result of terrorist activity, whereas portfolio investments … show little change. In contrast, migrant remittances show a significant increase. These differences are also evident in …

ecological systems. The marginality concept leads to different development policies. While the prevalence of poverty declined by … about 50 percent in the past two decades, any further reduction of poverty will be more difficult, because of high diversity … of extremely poor people, and complex interrelations between poverty, exclusion and ecology. The marginality concept …

Financial inclusion is a key element of social inclusion, particularly useful in combat-ing poverty and income … investigate the impact of financial inclusion on reducing poverty and income inequality, and the determinants and conditional … robust evidence that financial inclusion significantly reduces poverty rates and income inequality in developing countries …

(1991) for Pakistan, Schady (2003) for the Philippines, and Mora (2008) for Colombia. Testing the sheepskin or credential … the case of Pakistan. Specifically, this paper explores the above question of interpretation of sheepskin effects in the … case of Pakistan. Using the IFPRI-sponsored, 1987 Pakistan Survey of Rural Education, Migration and Employment (PSREME), it …

understanding of the measures, determinants, and impacts of new processes remains limited. Drawing on unique data from Pakistan, we …

mobile banking and inclusive development (quality of growth, inequality and poverty) among individuals in 93 developing … development, namely: quality of growth, inequality and poverty. As a main policy implication, encouraging mobile banking … applications would play a substantial role in responding to the challenges of immiserizing growth, inequality and poverty in …