The main focus of this study is Rural Punjab and it contributes to regional poverty research in two ways; first, using … a more recent household survey data, carried out in August 2007 by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE …), it provides fresh poverty estimates for the rural areas of the Punjab. Second, the poverty differential across the agro …

need to reduce the cost of production for industry and upgrade governance through an emphasis on the local government …

poverty in the Punjab at the level of sub-provincial regions and districts. This estimation has been made possible because of … district-level. Estimates suggest the existence of a high poverty enclave in the south and the west regions of the Punjab. The … incidence and severity of poverty in a majority of districts in thisenclave, with a few exceptions, is extremely high with one …

The main focus of this study is Rural Punjab and it contributes to regional poverty research in two ways; first, using … a more recent household survey data, carried out in August 2007 by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE …), it provides fresh poverty estimates for the rural areas of the Punjab. Second, the poverty differential across the …

The main focus of this study is Rural Punjab and it contributes to regional poverty research in two ways; first, using … a more recent household survey data, carried out in August 2007 by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE …), it provides fresh poverty estimates for the rural areas of the Punjab. Second, the poverty differential across the agro …

poverty in the Punjab at the level of sub-provincial regions and districts. This estimation has been made possible because of … district-level. Estimates suggest the existence of a high poverty enclave in the south and the west regions of the Punjab. The … incidence and severity of poverty in a majority of districts in thisenclave, with a few exceptions, is extremely high with one …

need to reduce the cost of production for industry and upgrade governance through an emphasis on the local government …

populations. Finally, food price inflation can lead to significant increases in Pakistani poverty levels: For Pakistan as a whole … and the most vulnerable to these price shocks are the poorest segments of society. In countries like Pakistan, the … discussion has focused onthe impact of substantially higher food and fuel prices on poverty. This paper used PSLM and MICS …