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Expenditure Elasticities in Rural West Pakistan

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  • A.N.M. AZIZUR RAHMAN

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Internal co.nsistency o.f a develo.pment plan requires, amo.ng o.ther things, . so.me kno.wledge o.f the way in which increments o.f co.nsumptio.n expenditure w"ill be distributed amo.ng vario.us go.o.ds and services. This in turn requires, as the Second Five Year Plan emphasizesl , info.nnatio.n o.n co.nsumer budgets· and inco.me elasticities o.f demand. Mo.reo.ver, planning is no.t simply a matter o.f matching e-xpected spo.ntaneo. us co.nsumer demand with supply. Bo.th the level and pattern o.f co.nsumptio. n demand must be co.ntro.lled to' so.me extent if sufficient reso.urces are to' be mo.bilized fo.r develo.pment.

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  • A.N.M. Azizur Rahman, 1963. "Expenditure Elasticities in Rural West Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 3(2), pages 232-249.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:3:y:1963:i:2:p:232-249
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    1. Nadeem A. Burney & Ashfaque H. Khan, 1991. "Household Consumption Patterns in Pakistan: An Urban-Rural Comparison Using Micro Data," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 30(2), pages 145-171.
    2. Umar Farooq & Trevor Young & Muhammad, 1999. "An Investigation into the Farm Households Consumption Patterns in Punjab, Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 38(3), pages 293-305.
    3. Aziz, Babar & Malik, Shahnawaz, 2006. "Surmising Consumer Demand System & Structural Changes Using Time Series Data," MPRA Paper 22911, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2006.
    4. Malik, Sohail J & Abbas, Kalbe & Ghani, Ejaz, 1987. "Rural-Urban Differences and the Stability of Consumption Function Behaviour," MPRA Paper 6755, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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