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Poverty Trend in Pakistan: A Glimpse from Last Two Decades

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  • Hania Afzal

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics)

  • Henna Ahsan

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics)

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Poverty reduction is one of the most important sustainable development goals set by the UN in 2015. According to this goal, Pakistan must reduce its poverty level to half by 2030 from 24.3 percent to 12 percent. Pakistan is making hard efforts to achieve this target although the COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult to achieve this goal due to severe macroeconomic imbalances in the economy.

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  • Hania Afzal & Henna Ahsan, 2021. "Poverty Trend in Pakistan: A Glimpse from Last Two Decades," PIDE Knowledge Brief 2021:26, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
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