Abstract: The paper analyzed the contribution of informally employed women (for the age group of 16-60 years) in their household budget. The urban informal sector absorbs the women workers largely. What are the determinants of their contribution in their household budgets to make survival of the...

The paper analyses the contribution of informally employed women (for the age group of 16–60 years) to their household budget. The urban informal sector largely absorbs women workers. We examine the determinants of their contribution to their household budgets for the survival of the families....

The literature on financial development and poverty reduction is extensive. Most of the studies are cross-country studies questioned on the basis of inability to eliminate country specific effects. This study examined the role of financial development in poverty reduction in Pakistan. The paper...