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Poverty in Pakistan
According to the Human Development in South Asia 2007 survey in the past ten years, all South Asian countries experienced a decline in poverty apart from Bangladesh, as defined in terms of percentage of population living below the international poverty line of $1 a day. A careful analysis of trends in the percentage of population below the income poverty line gives rise to a number of important concerns. First, it turns out that the rate of decline in poverty during the past ten years the rate at which the economy was growing the poverty rate was not that much declining. In India for example, recent studies have found that despite higher overall growth, the extent of poverty reduction in the (1993-2005) period is not been higher, and in fact a little lower, than the pre-reform period of 1983-1993, the reduction in poverty has been quite uneven across the rural-urban divide in almost all South Asian countries. Studies have showed that the percentage of population living below the poverty line has declined significantly in urban areas; it has gone up or at the most remained stagnant in rural areas for all South Asian countries.
In case of Pakistan at the time of independence Pakistan has very low resources and capital, so the processes of progress were very slow. Unfortunately the politicians of Pakistan were all not well aware of modern global system and the progress processes and the needs of country. Due to bad policies today Pakistan is facing a lot of problems. The continuous failure of policies leads the people of country to miserable conditions. The major problem in the country is poverty which is becoming the cause of crime and social disorder. It is difficult to point out all causes of poverty in Pakistan but some of it will be discussed in coming posts
According to the Human Development in South Asia 2007 survey in the past ten years, all South Asian countries experienced a decline in poverty apart from Bangladesh, as defined in terms of percentage of population living below the international poverty line of $1 a day. A careful analysis of trends in the percentage of population below the income poverty line gives rise to a number of important concerns. First, it turns out that the rate of decline in poverty during the past ten years the rate at which the economy was growing the poverty rate was not that much declining. In India for example, recent studies have found that despite higher overall growth, the extent of poverty reduction in the (1993-2005) period is not been higher, and in fact a little lower, than the pre-reform period of 1983-1993, the reduction in poverty has been quite uneven across the rural-urban divide in almost all South Asian countries. Studies have showed that the percentage of population living below the poverty line has declined significantly in urban areas; it has gone up or at the most remained stagnant in rural areas for all South Asian countries.
In case of Pakistan at the time of independence Pakistan has very low resources and capital, so the processes of progress were very slow. Unfortunately the politicians of Pakistan were all not well aware of modern global system and the progress processes and the needs of country. Due to bad policies today Pakistan is facing a lot of problems. The continuous failure of policies leads the people of country to miserable conditions. The major problem in the country is poverty which is becoming the cause of crime and social disorder. It is difficult to point out all causes of poverty in Pakistan but some of it will be discussed in coming posts
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