Poverty and Labour Market Linkages in Pakistan
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چکیده
This study is a component of the Micro Impact of Macroeconomic Adjustment Policies (MIMAP) Pakistan project. This project is being implemented by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad. The main aim of this project is to analyse the impact of structural adjustment policies on income distribution and poverty in Pakistan. an autonomous research organisation devoted to carrying out theoretical and empirical research on development economics in general and on Pakistan-related economic issues in particular. Besides providing a firm foundation on which economic policy-making can be based, its research also provides a window through which the outside world can see the direction in which economic research in Pakistan is moving. The Institute also provides in-service training in economic analysis, research methods, and project evaluation.
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