ESTIMATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF GROWTH AND REDISTRIBUTION TO CHANGES IN POVERTY IN PAKISTAN
Journal Title: Pakistan Economic and Social Review - Year 2010, Vol 48, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper investigates the contributions of growth and redistribution to changes in poverty in Pakistan. The study applies Datt and Ravallion (1992) and Kakwani (1997) techniques using data from various household surveys conducted by Federal Bureau of Statistics Pakistan between 1992-93 and 2005-06. The results show that the growth and redistribution effects counteracted each other to affect poverty throughout the period except during 1993-94 and 1996-97, where the both effects were negative implying that they reinforced each other to decrease poverty. Thus, the study implies that the growth alone cannot help reduce poverty particularly in periods during which inequality is deteriorating at the same time. The study concludes that economic growth and income distribution both play a significant role in alleviating poverty. It is, therefore, suggested that policies geared toward alleviating poverty must include strategies to improve income distribution along with sustainable economic growth.
Authors and Affiliations
AHMED CHEEMA, MAQBOOL SIAL
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP129644
- DOI -
- Views 93
- Downloads 0
SOCIAL IMPACT OF GLOBAL RECESSION ON PAKISTAN
This study examines the impact of global recession on the economy of Pakistan. For a fragile economy like Pakistan, coping with even a single economic crisis is difficult, let alone the two, that followed in quick succes...
EXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN TAX EVASION AND THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY
Often, the size of the underground economy is treated as equivalent to the amount of tax evaded. This may be misleading. It is possible to have income unreported to the tax authority, thus creating a serious tax evasion...
DETERMINANTS OF MANUFACTURING VALUE ADDED IN PAKISTAN: AN APPLICATION OF BOUNDS TESTING APPROACH TO COINTEGRATION
This study employed bounds test based cointegration technique using annual time series data from 1965 to 2007 for exploring determinants of manufacturing value added in Pakistan. Three determinants included in the study...
IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL CREDIT ON PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY OF FARMING SECTOR: A CASE STUDY OF DISTRICT FAISALABAD
The paper highlighted the level of production efficiency of the farming sector in district Faisalabad in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) technique was utilized at farm level survey dat...
YOUTH POPULATION AND THE LABOUR MARKET OF PAKISTAN: A MICRO LEVEL STUDY
The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the youth labour market participation in Pakistan. Based on micro data of LFS (2006-07), the strength of analysis presented in this paper is twofold; first, it presents a desc...