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Poverty Targeting in Pakistan: The Role of Zakat and the Lady Health Worker Program

In: Poverty Strategies in Asia

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It is widely recognized that while high and sustained economic growth is critical for poverty reduction, there are other policy interventions that may also be significant in a ‘growth plus’ approach to poverty reduction. This volume brings together a series of case studies on the poverty impact of alternative interventions in a broad range of Asian economies. The measures examined within the book cover trade liberalization both in general and in a specific market, infrastructure investment (particularly in roads), population policies, cash transfers, microfinance, employment guarantee programs and contract farming. The countries covered include the Philippines, Lao PDR, Pakistan, India and Thailand. While the results illustrated by the contributors are mixed, they demonstrate the potential for further progress in poverty reduction.

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  • G.M. Arif, 2006. "Poverty Targeting in Pakistan: The Role of Zakat and the Lady Health Worker Program," Chapters, in: John Weiss & Haider A. Khan (ed.), Poverty Strategies in Asia, chapter 7, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Rashid Amjad & G. M. Arif & Usman Mustafa, 2008. "Does the Labor Market Structure Explain Differences in Poverty in Rural Punjab?," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 13(Special E), pages 139-162, September.

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