This paper examines the importance of housing as an important dimension of poverty by highlighting the crucial contributions of adequate housing for ensuring opportunity, security and empowerment - three important pillars for poverty reduction. With the increasing pressure of population, a...

The official estimates of poverty in Pakistan have shown a remarkable and consistent decline in the poverty headcount during the previous decade. This paper examines trends in poverty between 2001 and 2011 using the official food energy intake and the cost of basic needs approaches, both of...