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Determinants of Poverty in Pakistan

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  • Huma Yousaf

    (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore Campus, Pakistan)

  • Imran Ali

    (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore Campus, Pakistan)

Abstract

This research discusses impact of macroeconomic variables on poverty in Pakistan. In this article five variables are used and two models are run. The ordinary least squares approach is applied. In first model we check the impact of budget deficit, government expenditure and unemployment on poverty in Pakistan. Budget deficit and government expenditure shows negative relationship with poverty in Pakistan while unemployment has positive relationship with poverty. In second model we check the impact of exchange rate and personal remittance on poverty in Pakistan. Exchange rate shows positive relationship with poverty while remittance shows negative relationship with poverty. In this article out of five variables two variables are comparatively new from Pakistan perspective. One of them is exchange rate and second is budget deficit. Relationship of these variables is theoretically proved by reference articles but in this article they are proved by Pakistan perspective by collecting historical data on these variables.

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  • Huma Yousaf & Imran Ali, 2014. "Determinants of Poverty in Pakistan," International Journal of Economics and Empirical Research (IJEER), The Economics and Social Development Organization (TESDO), vol. 2(5), pages 191-202, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ijr:journl:v:2:y:2014:i:5:p:191-202
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    1. Kifayat Ullah & M. Tariq Majeed & Ghulam Mustafa, 2020. "Exploring Spatial Patterns and Determinants of Poverty: New Evidence from Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 59(3), pages 439-459.
    2. Muhammad Saeed Meo & Bezon Kumar & Sumayya Chughtai & Vina Javed Khan & Muhammad Khyzer Bin Dost & Qasim Ali Nisar, 2023. "Impact of Unemployment and Governance on Poverty in Pakistan: A Fresh Insight from Non-linear ARDL Co-integration Approach," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 24(5), pages 1007-1024, October.

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    Keywords

    Macroeconomic variables; Poverty; Budget deficit; Exchange rate; Pakistan;
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    JEL classification:

    • D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies
    • G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies

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