An Investigation of Pre and Post Reforms Poverty Reduction in Pakistan (1964-2006)

Poverty, Inequality and Reforms Pranab Bardhan I. Reforms Growth Poverty Reduction II. Poverty and Inequality Opposition to Reforms

Economic Reforms and Macroeconomic Management in Pakistan

Pakistan was one of the few developing countries that had achieved an average growth rate of over 5 percent over a four decade period ending 1990. Consequently, the incidence of poverty had declined from 40 percent to 18 percent by the end of 1980s. But the 1990s proved to be a lost decade for Pakistan, Growth in per capita income dropped to slightly over 1 percent. Poverty resurfaced and about...

An investigation on the bond strength of aluminum strips in presence of brass mesh after cold roll bonding

In the present study, the presence of brass mesh on the bond strength of aluminum (AA1050) strips in the cold roll bonding process was investigated. The influence of various process parameters including reduction in thickness, pre-rolling annealing, initial thickness of the strips, and post-rolling annealing was also considered. After cold roll bonding process, peeling test was carried out and ...

Supporting Policy and Institutional Reforms for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Line

Since the adoption of the Doi Moi (renovation) policy, the Vietnamese economy has continued to register high growth in the transition to a market-oriented economy. As a result, poverty incidence decreased from 58% in 1993 to 29% in 2002. Still, a large number of people are living at the near-poverty level. As the majority of them depend on unstable income from farming, they are vulnerable to na...

Poverty in Pakistan

The paper in the study of poverty in Pakistan is aimed at the analysis of macroeconomic determinants of poverty. It reviews the empirical literature on poverty in Pakistan over the last thirty years. The literature varies from published research papers to the different reports produced by the national and the international institutions. It also estimates the impact of different causes of povert...