The paper opens with a brief description of economic growth in Pakistan and its positive but limited trickle down effects. It is followed by a discussion on levels of poverty (...). The analysis brings forward a bleak picture of stagnant economic growth in the 1990s, rising poverty levels and...

This brief paper is quite focused. It describes the methodology and scope of the household survey carried out by the PIDE between March and July 1999, with an aim to generate nationally representative data to examine the incidence of poverty and distribution of income. It also includes...

This study has used two rounds of the two panel data sets to examine the poverty dynamics in rural Pakistan (Sindh and Punjab). The Pakistan Socio- Economic Survey (PSES ) covers two periods, 1998 and 2000, while the Pakistan Rural Household Survey (PRHS) covers the 2001 and 2004 period. More...