A profile of regional contribution of rural poverty in Punjab: Some hidden dynamics
2010
Ali, I. (PMAS-Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi (Pakistan)) | Saboor, A. (PMAS-Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi (Pakistan)) | Ahmad, S. (PMAS-Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi (Pakistan)) | Mustafa (PMAS-Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi (Pakistan))
The dynamics of any versatile poverty study necessitates some meaningful analysis including tracing the existing scenario at most disaggregated level for generating appropriate policy input. While estimating different indices of rural poverty, we have profiled the regional contribution of such statistics in Punjab province. Primary time series data was retrieved from the Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) for the period 1998-99 to 2004-05 to gauge different poverty indices at "Administrative Division Level". Two dimensions of regional contribution of incidence of poverty have been profiled. One is reflecting the regional contribution of each division to over all incidence of poverty in Punjab. Other dimension is showing rural-urban contribution in terms of percentage to the overall poverty in each respective division. Low poverty areas are clustered in northern and central Punjab, while poverty is relatively higher in western and southern Punjab.
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