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Spatial Disparities in Socioeconomic Development: The Case of Pakistan

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  • Haroon Jamal

    (Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi)

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Rising spatial disparities in socioeconomic development is a major concern in developing economies. Regional inequality is a dimension of overall inequality, but it has added significance when spatial and regional divisions align with political and ethnic tensions to undermine social and political stability. This paper is an attempt to document the extent and nature of regional inequality in the level of socioeconomic development. Seventeen indicators related to human resources and standards of living are developed from the district representative household data of Pakistan Social and Living-Standard Measurement (PSLM) survey for the year 2012-13. Development Indicators, for the first time in Pakistan are also aggregated at sub-district level to incorporate the intra-district inequalities in the analysis of spatial disparities. The study provides provincial multidimensional Gini coefficients and district development ranking to evaluate inter and intra provincial disparities respectively in the selected dimensions of socioeconomic development with the help of Inequality-adjusted Socioeconomic Development Index (ISDI)

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  • Haroon Jamal, 2016. "Spatial Disparities in Socioeconomic Development: The Case of Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 55(4), pages 421-435.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:55:y:2016:i:4:p:421-435
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    1. Saima Bashir & Muhammad Nasir & Katja Grasic & Marc Moulin & Shehzad Ali, 2022. "Association between efficiency and quality of care of public healthcare facilities: Evidence from Pakistan," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(4), pages 2240-2255, July.

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    Keywords

    Multidimensional Inequality; Inequality Adjusted Socioeconomic Development Index; Development Ranking; Pakistan;
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being

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