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The objective of the study is to examine the relationship between growth, inequality and poverty in the context of … 1964–2011. The regression model encompassing the impact of economic growth and inequality on poverty reflects that a 1 …% increase in income while keeping the distribution constant reduces poverty around 0.162% in rural, 0.256% in urban, 0.471% in …
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This paper applies Alkire & Foster (2007) approach for measuring the multidimensional poverty. The data set used in the …, expenditure, sanitation, housing and education are respectively the major contributors among overall multidimensional poverty. …
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The distributional characteristic measures how evenly or unevenly commodity group is distributed over the household total expenditure. The present study investigates the distributional effects of rising food prices in Pakistan. For this purpose, this study focuses on two different household...
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suggested in the empirical literature on poverty and income inequality. An attempt is also made to determine the relative … contribution of economic growth and distribution of income to changes in poverty. Various episodes of growth are considered during …
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The paper assesses the extent of household vulnerability to poverty in Pakistan. Preferably, household panel data of … vulnerability as “expected poverty” using cross-sectional household surveys. The estimates show that about 52 percent population was … vulnerable to poverty during 2004-05. The rural headcount ratio in terms of household vulnerability is relatively high as …
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This study examines if household access to microfinance reduces poverty in Pakistan, and if so, to what extent and … across which dimensions of well-being by taking account of the multi-dimensional aspect of poverty. The study draws on first … participating households, that is, the poverty reducing-effects were observed and statistically significant on a number of …
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to derive implications for targeting poverty reduction policies toward vulnerable households. As illustration, various … information is useful in targeting poverty reduction policies. Since the nature of vulnerability is diverse, it is advisable to …
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poverty and distribution of income. It also includes information on household composition, schooling, labour market, sources …
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This study aims to investigate the role of economic growth and inflation in explaining the prevalence of poverty in … poverty, economic growth, inflation, investment and trade openness over the period of 1972-2008. Empirical results show that … economic growth and investment have negative and inflation has positive impact on poverty. The effect of trade openness on …
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owners, while poverty and inequality increase. …
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