The paper opens with a brief description of economic growth in Pakistan and its positive but limited trickle down effects. It is followed by a discussion on levels of poverty (...). The analysis brings forward a bleak picture of stagnant economic growth in the 1990s, rising poverty levels and...

Geographical targeting may be a viable way to allocate resources for poverty alleviation in developing countries. Efficiency can be increased, and leakages to the non-poor reduced substantially, by targeting needy areas. A national and regional database of substantial poverty maps or deprivation...