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An Urban Poverty Line Estimate

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  • ABDUL WASAY

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad.)

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A fundamental policy objective in developing countries is the reduction of poverty and the provision of an adequate level of income sufficient to allow for the basic consumption needs of the lowest income group. It is not an easy objective because resources are limited. Moreover, the definition of basic needs itself is difficult since these needs vary from region to region, and over time. Nevertheless, the poverty problem is sufficiently important to justify the development of practical measures of at least the biological and physical needs. food, clothing, and shelter. With such measures, a translation of basic consumption needs from physical to expenditure units and the calculation of an absolute poverty line is possible.

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  • Abdul Wasay, 1977. "An Urban Poverty Line Estimate," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 16(1), pages 49-57.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:16:y:1977:i:1:p:49-57
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    1. Jehle, Geoffrey, 1990. "Inequality in Pakistan: A Social Welfare Approach," MPRA Paper 73429, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. M. Asghar Zaidi & Klaas De Vos, 1994. "Trend Analysis of Relative Poverty in Pakistan (1984-85 -1987-88)," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 33(4), pages 915-934.
    3. Muhammad Shahid & Khalil Ahmad & Rukhsana Kalim, 2022. "Different dimensions of decentralization and rural–urban poverty in Pakistan," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 14(2), pages 166-183, June.
    4. Geoffrey A. Jehle, 1992. "An Islamic Perspective on Inequality in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 31(3), pages 295-316.

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