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Impact of GDP Growth Rate on Poverty of Pakistan: A quantitative Approach

Euro-Asian Journal of Economics and Finance

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Title Impact of GDP Growth Rate on Poverty of Pakistan: A quantitative Approach
 
Creator Tahir, Safdar Hussain
Perveen, Nusrat
Ismail, Ammara
Sabir, Hazoor M.
 
Subject GDP growth rate, Poverty, Pakistan, Global recession
 
Description The main objective of this study was to measure the impact of DGP growth rate on poverty of Pakistan. Secondary data pertaining from 1980 to 2012 were collected from Economic surveys of Pakistan, ministry of finance, Federal Bureau of Statistics and planning commission of Pakistan. Growth Elasticity of Poverty tool was used to estimate the impact. Head Count Index/Ratio declines and Povcal Net were used to measure poverty and degree of absolute poverty respectively. The results revealed that the GDP growth elasticity in terms of poverty was to the current poverty level in Pakistan. Again, rising unemployment lacks of opportunities for the highly less elastic i.e. a major change in GDP growth rate puts minor change in poverty. Policy failure of the government, poverty eradication policy, Global recession found the main factors   contributing underprivileged class have created an alarming situation in the country.
 
Publisher Academy of Business & Scientific Research
 
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Date 2014-03-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/eajef/article/view/178
 
Source Euro-Asian Journal of Economics and Finance; Vol 2, No 2 (2014): April; 119-126
2310-4929
2310-0184
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/eajef/article/view/178/199
 
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