IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/pid/mimaps/200315.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Poverty and Social Safety Nets: A Case Study of Pakistan

Author

Listed:
  • Mohammad Irfan

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.)

Abstract

Over two fifths of our population appears to be poor in the sense that their basic needs are not met by the resources at their disposal. This level of pauperism is roughly similar if not higher to what was our experience to begin with, at the time of independence in 1947. During some periods of the Pakistan’s history of over five decades, poverty was brought under some control however. But numbers of poor today are more than the total population in 1947. Emergence of poverty and deprivation in a society or community in general has evoked a response in terms of provisions and transfers as well as modification in growth pursuits to improve the situation. These measures may take variety of forms in terms of institutional structures and organisations. Social Safety Nets (SSN) for instance currently are opted throughout the developing world including Pakistan to address the issues of poverty and deprivation. This study aims at examination of varying levels of poverty overtime and description and evaluation of existing social safety nets. In the first section of this study a brief discussion of inter-temporal poverty profile is made. The nature of SSN currently in vogue will be assessed in the second section of the report, wherein, their coverage, the contents and other qualitative dimensions will be described in detail. In addition, there will be a discussion of private philanthropy and transfers as well as their impact on the well-being of poor. In the concluding section SSN will be assessed with a major focus on highlighting the inadequacies of the existing approaches to alleviate poverty.
(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)

Suggested Citation

  • Mohammad Irfan, 2003. "Poverty and Social Safety Nets: A Case Study of Pakistan," MIMAP Technical Paper Series 2003:15, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:mimaps:2003:15
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://file.pide.org.pk/pdf/mimap/Report15.pdf
    File Function: First Version, 2003
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Other versions of this item:

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. A. R. Kemal, 2003. "Structural Adjustment and Poverty in Pakistan," MIMAP Technical Paper Series 2003:14, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    2. Sarfraz K. Qureshi & G. M. Arif, 2001. "Profile of Poverty in Pakistan, 1998-99," MIMAP Technical Paper Series 2001:05, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    3. Gustav Ranis & Frances Stewart, 1997. "Growth and Human Development: Pakistan in Comparative Perspective," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 36(4), pages 333-352.
    4. Mohammad, Irfan & Amjad, Rashid, 1994. "Poverty in rural Pakistan," MPRA Paper 38335, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Ghulam Yasin Soomro, 2000. "A Re-examination of Fertility Transition in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 39(3), pages 247-261.
    6. Rashid Amjad & A.R. Kemal, 1997. "Macroeconomic Policies and their Impact on Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 36(1), pages 39-68.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Syed Mubashir Ali & Mohammad Framurz K. Kiani, 2003. "Ageing and Poverty in Pakistan," MIMAP Technical Paper Series 2003:18, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    2. Wade D. Pfau, 2007. "Asset Allocation for the Pakistan Pension System: A Role for International Diversification?," GRIPS Discussion Papers 07-06, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
    3. G. M. Arif & Faiz Bilquees, 2007. "Chronic and Transitory Poverty in Pakistan: Evidence from a Longitudinal Household Survey," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 46(2), pages 111-127.
    4. W Pfau, 2009. "The Role of International Diversification in Public Pension Systems: The Case of Pakistan," Economic Issues Journal Articles, Economic Issues, vol. 14(2), pages 81-106, September.
    5. repec:pid:wpaper:2012:5 is not listed on IDEAS
    6. G. M. Arif & Shujaat Farooq, 2012. "Poverty Reduction in Pakistan: Learning from the Experience of China," PIDE Monograph Series 2012:2, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    7. Rashid Amjad & Musleh Ud Din & Idrees Khawaja & Nasir Iqbal & Ahmad Waqar Qasim, 2012. "The 7th Nfc Award: An Evaluation," PIDE Monograph Series 2012:5, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Mohammad, Irfan, 2007. "Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection in Pakistan," MPRA Paper 38156, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Tilat Anwar, 2002. "Impact of Globalization and Liberalization on Growth, Employment and Poverty: A Case Study of Pakistan," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2002-17, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Nasir Iqbal & Masood Sarwar Awan, 2015. "Determinants of Urban Poverty: The Case of Medium Sized City in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 54(4), pages 719-738.
    4. Rashida Haq & Mohammad Ali Bhatti, 2001. "Estimating Poverty in Pakistan The Non-food Consumption Share Approach," PIDE-Working Papers 2001:183, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    5. Imran Sharif Chaudhry & Shahnawaz Malik & Abo ul Hassan, 2009. "The Impact of Socioeconomic and Demographic Variables on Poverty: A Village Study," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 14(1), pages 39-68, Jan-Jun.
    6. repec:ilo:ilowps:392050 is not listed on IDEAS
    7. Munir Ahmad, 2003. "Agricultural Productivity, Efficiency, and Rural Poverty in Irrigated Pakistan: A Stochastic Production FrontiermAnalysis," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 42(3), pages 219-248.
    8. Tilat Anwar, 2002. "Unsustainable Debt Burden and Poverty in Pakistan: A Case for Enhanced HIPC Initiative," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2002-53, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    9. Najam, Zaira, 2020. "The Sensitivity of Poverty Trends to Dimensionality and Distribution Sensitivity in Poverty Measures - District Level Analysis for Pakistan," MPRA Paper 102383, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    10. S. M. Naseem, 2012. "A Review Of Studies On Poverty In Pakistan: Origin, Evolution, Thematic Content And Future Directions," PIDE Books, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, number 2012:1 edited by Rashid Amjad.
    11. Syed Mubashir Ali & Mohammad Framurz K. Kiani, 2003. "Ageing and Poverty in Pakistan," MIMAP Technical Paper Series 2003:18, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    12. Usman Qadir & Muhammad Ali Kemal & Hasan Mohammad Mohsin, 2000. "Impact of Trade Reforms on Poverty," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 39(4), pages 1127-1137.
    13. Muhammad Abrar ul haq & Mohd Razani Mohd Jali & Gazi Md Nural Islam, 2018. "Assessment of the role of household empowerment in alleviating participatory poverty among rural household of Pakistan," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 52(6), pages 2795-2814, November.
    14. Mahmood, Moazam., 2006. "Poverty reduction in Pakistan : the strategic impact of macro and employment policies," ILO Working Papers 993920503402676, International Labour Organization.
    15. Talat Anwar, 2005. "Prevalence of Relative Poverty in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 44(4), pages 1111-1131.
    16. Arif, G. M. & Ahmad, M., 2001. "Poverty across the agro-ecological zones in rural Pakistan," Conference Papers h028875, International Water Management Institute.
    17. A. R. Kemal, 2003. "Structural Adjustment and Poverty in Pakistan," MIMAP Technical Paper Series 2003:14, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    18. Khan. M. A., 2004. "Rural development and poverty nexus," Conference Papers h043769, International Water Management Institute.
    19. Talat Anwar, 2010. "Role of Growth and Inequality in Explaining Changes in Poverty in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 49(1), pages 1-17.
    20. Mohammad, Irfan, 2000. "Youth employment and unemployment in Pakistan - an overview of 1990's," MPRA Paper 38154, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    21. Rashid Amjad, 2003. "Solving Pakistan's Poverty Puzzle: Whom Should We Believe? What Should We Do?," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 42(4), pages 375-393.

    More about this item

    JEL classification:

    • A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics
    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:pid:mimaps:2003:15. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Khurram Iqbal (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/pideipk.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.