Mapping the Spatial Deprivation of Pakistan

Haroon Jamal, Amir Khan (), Imran Ashraf Toor and Naveed Amir
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Imran Ashraf Toor: Social Policy and Development Center (SPDC), Karachi.
Naveed Amir: Social Policy and Development Center (SPDC), Karachi.

The Pakistan Development Review, 2003, vol. 42, issue 2, 91-111

Abstract: Geographical targeting may be a viable way to allocate resources for poverty alleviation in developing countries. Efficiency can be increased, and leakages to the nonpoor reduced substantially, by targeting needy areas. A national and regional database of substantial poverty maps or deprivation indices are not readily available in Pakistan. Further, existing activities of poverty alleviation are carried out on ad hoc basis in the absence of identified pockets of poverty. This paper presents indices of multiple deprivations based on the 1998 Population and Housing Census data. Possible applications of this exercise include identifying areas of need, making decisions on regional and sectoral priorities, facilitating targeted public interventions through special poverty alleviation programmes, understanding the relationship between poverty and its causes, and helping federal and provincial governments in determining financial awards.

Date: 2003
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