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| UNDERSTANDING RURAL POVERTY DYNAMICS: THE CASE OF THE POOREST DISTRICT OF SINDH PAKISTAN |
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Research_Report No.78 |
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Date Published 00/06/2008
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| This research focuses on changes in the poverty status of rural households
to explore the main determinants of upward and downward income and
poverty mobility. The study uses panel survey data for District Badin,
which is among the poorest districts of the Sindh province. Households
interviewed earlier by the International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI) during 1986-91, were surveyed again in 2005 with almost
identical survey instruments. Household characteristics in terms of
demography, human capital, physical capital and income composition are
analyzed with reference to households falling into poverty and those
overcoming poverty during the period of analysis. On the basis of field
observations and statistical analysis of panel data, the paper recommends
public policies to escape from poverty in future. The analysis suggests
that in deprived rural regions, education, especially female education as
well as non-farm income opportunities and crop diversification are the
major drivers for escaping poverty. |
| Author(s) |
| Haroon Jamal and Hari Ram Lohano |
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