Remittances and Poverty Linkages in Pakistan: Evidence and Some Suggestions for Further Analysis
Published By: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) | Published Date: January, 01 , 2011This exercise is envisaged to provide a brief account of the research studies on inter-relationship between remittance inflows from abroad and the poverty levels obtained in the country. This is discussed here wherein the literature pertaining to Pakistan as well as international is discussed. Size and distribution of foreign remittances as yielded by Household Income and Expenditures Surveys for 1996-97 to 2007-08 period are depicted in Section 2. An empirical exercise utilising Pakistan’s macro level data for 1975 -2009 is conducted.
Author(s): Mohammad Irfan | Posted on: Feb 06, 2016 | Views() | Download (191)