Pakistan Poverty Trends, Scenarios and Drivers

This policy paper examines recent poverty trends in Pakistan. Official statistics continue to indicate strong poverty reduction through 2010-11, thanks in large part to policies and investments that boosted productivity in the non-agricultural sec...

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Main Authors:	Lopez-Calix, Jose, Mejia, Carolina, Newhouse, David, Sobrado, Carlos
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ANNUAL CHANGE ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH BANK POLICY BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CONFLICT CONSUMER DURABLES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION GROWTH CURRENT POVERTY DATA QUALITY DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISBURSEMENT DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION DURABLE DURABLE GOODS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE EQUAL ACCESS EQUITABLE ACCESS EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SECTOR FISCAL POLICY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD SHARE GINI COEFFICIENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH GROWTH HOMEOWNERSHIP HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATION IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME SUPPORT INCREASE POVERTY INEQUALITY INFLATION INFLATION RATES INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR TRANSFERS LEVY LIFE INSURANCE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEASURING POVERTY MICRO-DATA NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NATURAL DISASTERS NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY OPTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRO-POOR PURCHASING POWER RAPID GROWTH REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL STANDARDS REMITTANCES RETURNS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SECURITIES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROGRAMS STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION TARGETING TRANSFER AMOUNTS VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WELFARE INDICATORS ZAKAT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/20326804/pakistan-poverty-trends-scenarios-drivers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20793

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Pakistan Poverty Trends, Scenarios and Drivers

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