This study has used two rounds of the two panel data sets to examine the poverty dynamics in rural Pakistan (Sindh and Punjab). The Pakistan Socio- Economic Survey (PSES ) covers two periods, 1998 and 2000, while the Pakistan Rural Household Survey (PRHS) covers the 2001 and 2004 period. More...

This study has examined the structure of informal credit market in Pakistan by combining two approaches; a field survey administering semi-structured questionnaire to more than 1000 informal lenders supplemented by case studies. According to the survey, a good deal of interlinkages exists...

The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of the success of return migrants and their families in directing remitLances to investment and savings. Total overseas earnings of workers and their remittances behaviour were also investigated. The analysis was based on the 1986 ILO...

This paper analyses the incidence of chronic and transitory poverty in Pakistan in both urban and rural settings. The findings of this study are that rural poverty is more severe and also chronic as compared to transitory poverty in urban centres. The main factor behind the phenomenon is the...

Panel household surveys study the dynamics for individual households, including their well-being, child schooling, and labour market dynamics, and they can also be used to observe who benefits or loses from general economic development. The MIMAP panel survey, covering 300 households in 60...