Urbanization of multidimensional poverty: empirical evidences from Pakistan

Khan, Atta Ullah; Saboor, Abdul; Ali, Ikram; Malik, Wasim Shahid; Mahmood, Khalid

doi:10.1007/s11135-014-0157-x

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“…Khan et al (2018) found that the city expansions through urbanization around large cities such as Dhaka, Bangladesh, were creating slums and higher poverty levels for its inhabitants. Khan et al (2016) also found evidence of urban poverty in various provinces of Pakistan. In a related study, Siddiqui et al (2016) found that socio- and macroeconomic uncertainty was a factor in increasing precautionary savings of households in the form of gold in Pakistan.…”

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A geographically disaggregated analysis of multidimensional poverty in Punjab

Iqbal

Siddiqui

Zafar

2020

IJSE

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PurposeThe study seeks to examine the extent and the causes of multidimensional poverty as opposed to the traditional unidimensional headcount poverty measures to understand the true face of economic deprivation in Punjab, Pakistan.Design/methodology/approachPoverty is measured through the Alkire–Foster index at the geographically disaggregated levels of divisions and districts, and the causes of pervasive poverty are analyzed through a logit model using the Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS) comprising of 95,238 households in 9 geographical divisions and their 36 districts.FindingsIt was found that poverty in Punjab is associated with larger household size, inadequate wealth, and low levels of educational attainment, and that both matric as well as post-matric education reduced the chances of poverty of household heads by approximately 19 percent. In addition to rural poverty, the study finds evidence of urban poverty across the geographical districts of Punjab. Contrary to common belief that chances of poverty are higher in females, it was found to be more likely in males. However, the statistical significance of gender as a determinant of poverty was not observed in the majority of divisions.Practical implicationsPractical implications were for focused policy interventions in poverty alleviation.Originality/valueThe analysis of determinants of multidimensional poverty at the geographically disaggregated level of divisions is an original contribution.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-01-2019-0037

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A geographically disaggregated analysis of multidimensional poverty in Punjab

Iqbal

Siddiqui

Zafar

2020

IJSE

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“…), and poverty (Baqir ; Khan et al . ). A close review of existing literature shows that there are hardly any studies conducted on urbanisation, local crop production and tourism output.…”

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“…There are numerous studies conducted on urbanisation (Jedwab et al 2015), agriculture (Malik and Ali 2015), energy consumption (Amin and Rahman 2019;Shahbaz et al 2017), environmental degradation (Azam and Khan 2016;Faridi et al 2018), and poverty (Baqir 2018;Khan et al 2016). A close review of existing literature shows that there are hardly any studies conducted on urbanisation, local crop production and tourism output.…”

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Urbanisation, local food crop production and tourism output of Pakistan

Naidu¹,

Pandaram²,

Chand³

2019

Int Social Sci J

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The high rate of urban population growth is one of the major problems constraining the growth of urban centres. The main aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between urbanisation, local food crop production and the tourism output of Pakistan. The findings show that a 1 per cent increase in local food crop production will increase tourism output by 1.77 per cent, at the 1 per cent level of significance, holding all other variables constant. There is a unidirectional causality running from local food crop production to urbanisation. This study has implications for policy‐makers and practitioners.

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“…The contribution of agricultural growth rapidly decreased from 2/5 of total poverty reduction before 1991 to less than 10% of total poverty reduction after 1991. Khan et al (2016) studied the urbanization of multidimensional poverty in Pakistan. The study estimated the regional multidimensional poverty level in urban Pakistan with the percentages of each group in the poverty index adjusted on five data sets of the basis of the household economic survey (1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2004-2005, 2005-2006 and 2007-2008).…”

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The impact of urbanization on poverty reduction: An evidence from Vietnam

Hà

Le²,

Trung-Kien

2021

Cogent Economics & Finance

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Poverty is a global socio-economic phenomenon. It is always a problem in all countries include developing countries and developed countries. In Vietnam, the poverty rate has been decreasing while the urbanization has happened rapidly over the past 20 years. Handling the dual problems of urbanization and poverty is important to be able to attain sustainable development. Therefore, this study is to analyze the impact of urbanization on poverty reduction in Vietnam. Using Driscoll and Kraay's method and D-GMM method to estimate the provinces' panel data in the period 2006-2016, we confirm that there exists a U-shape relationship between the level of urbanization and the poverty level in Vietnam. Moreover, the estimated thresholds of urbanization from the perspective of poverty reduction are 40.19% and 43.68% in the static and dynamic model, respectively. In addition, our results exhibit that the gross regional domestic product, human capital, and agricultural value have the effect of reducing poverty, but government spending and export value increases the poverty rate in Vietnam. The paper has relevant implications for policymakers.

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Urbanization of multidimensional poverty: empirical evidences from Pakistan

Cited by 31 publications

References 21 publications

A geographically disaggregated analysis of multidimensional poverty in Punjab

A geographically disaggregated analysis of multidimensional poverty in Punjab

Urbanisation, local food crop production and tourism output of Pakistan

The impact of urbanization on poverty reduction: An evidence from Vietnam

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