This paper provides a framework within which the sectoral structure of absolute poverty can be analysed. Non-food consumption share approach is used to measure incidence of poverty, which can also be used as a proxy for family welfare. Headcount index is used to examine the structure of poverty...

This study analyses the institutional set-up of forest management in Pakistan, focusing on the North West Frontier Province, which houses 40 percent of the total forestlands. These areas have faced significant deforestation in the past. It is feared that if nothing is done to check this process,...

The study, based on SAM-based CGE model, examines the impact of reduction in tariff on industrial imports on urban and rural households and on other broad macroeconomic aggregates. Based on simulation exercises for 40 percent, 60 percent and 80 percent reduction in tariff on industrial imports,...