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Poverty in rural Pakistan
Mohammad, Irfan; Amjad, Rashid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
The major aim of this chapter is to extend the poverty studies of the sixties into the seventies, it also re-examines the evidence on rural poverty for the sixties, supplementing the results with new evidence where available, mainly to see whether the conclusions reached by earlier authors were...
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Targeting the Vulnerable and the Choice of Vulnerability Measures: Review and Application to Pakistan
Kurosaki, Takashi - In: The Pakistan Development Review 49 (2010) 2, pp. 87-103
measures of vulnerability proposed in the literature are applied to a panel data-set collected from rural Pakistan. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422105
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An introduction to the 1998-99 Pakistan socioeconomic survey (PSES)
G. M., Arif; Syed, Mubashir Ali; Nasir, Zafar Mueen; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650042
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Labor force participation of married women in Punjab (Pakistan)
Azid, Toseef; Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali; Alamasi, Adnan M.S. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 37 (2010) July, pp. 592-612
developing country like Pakistan. Practical implications – A development policy (especially considering the gender aspects) can … orthodox economy like Pakistan. Originality/value – This paper is beneficial to researchers, policy makers, and social …
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Rethinking Development Strategy –The Importance of the Rural Non Farm Economy in Growth and Poverty Reduction in Pakistan
Malik, Sohail Jehangir - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 13 (2008) Special Edition, pp. 189-204
The structural transformation of Pakistan’s economy has not been accompanied by a concomitant decline in the proportion … Survey of Pakistan 2005 and the Surveys of Domestic Commerce 2007 – this paper attempts to analyze the factors underlying the … low level of development of the rural non farm economy and the potential role it can play in Pakistan’s economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592630
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Industrial Policy: Domestic Challenges, Global Imperatives, and Pakistan’s Choices
Burki, Shahid Javed - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 13 (2008) Special Edition, pp. 23-34
Public policy is aimed at increasing the efficiency of the industrial sector in Pakistan. This paper looks at four … policy making. Thirdly, I have briefly discussed the history of policies implemented in Pakistan. Lastly, I have discussed … industrialization on poverty. It is concluded that industrial development in Pakistan has historically been heavily dependent on …
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Does the Labor Market Structure Explain Differences in Poverty in Rural Punjab?
Amjad, Rashid; Arif, G. M.; Mustafa, Usman - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 13 (2008) Special Edition, pp. 139-162
a more recent household survey data, carried out in August 2007 by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE … including education are less favorable in the cotton/wheat and low intensity zones which negatively impacts on a breakthrough in …
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The Geography of Poverty: Evidence from the Punjab
Cheema, Ali; Khalid, Lyyla; Patnam, Manasa - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 13 (2008) Special Edition, pp. 163-188
The article is the first comprehensive attempt at estimating the variation in the incidence, intensity and severity of poverty in the Punjab at the level of sub-provincial regions and districts. This estimation has been made possible because of the availability of the Multiple Indicators Cluster...
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Do Foreign Inflows Benefit Pakistani Poor?
Ali, Muhammad; Nishat, Muhammad - In: The Pakistan Development Review 48 (2009) 4, pp. 715-738
foreign inflows on poverty reduction in Pakistan through the channel of health, education and other indicators related to … growth. The importance of foreign inflow in Pakistan is very well acknowledged and documented, however the affect of these … inflows on poor people of Pakistan remains unanswered. This paper is an attempt to fill this gap by studying the impact of …
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Challenges for Youth Employment in Pakistan: Are They Youth-Specific?
Hou, Xiaohui - In: The Pakistan Development Review 49 (2010) 3, pp. 193-212
This paper analyses the patterns of and the challenges for youth employment in Pakistan, and examines whether these …, determinants of working in the formal sector, rate of return on education, and determinants of working hours. The paper finds that … many of the challenges to youth employment in Pakistan are not youth-specific. Policies should thus emphasise broader …
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