Description: Empowerment and Poverty Reduction through Infrastructure and Service Provision in Rural Pakistan

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Empowerment and Poverty Reduction through Infrastructure and Service Provision in Rural Pakistan

Poverty in Pakistan is overwhelmingly rural. Some two-thirds of Pakistan's population, and over 60 percent of the country's poor, live in rural areas. In 2005, average per capita expenditures in rural areas were 31 percent lower than in u...

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Main Authors:	Isa, Qazi Asmat, Ahmed, Naila, Larson, Gunnar
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AUTONOMY CAPACITY BUILDING COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CONSUMER DEMAND DISTRICTS DROUGHT FARMERS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GENDER HEALTH SERVICES HOMES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INEQUALITY INTERVENTIONS IRRIGATION LABOR MARKET LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCALITIES MANAGEMENT REPORTS MICRO-CREDIT MICROFINANCE MOBILITY NATURAL RESOURCES OCCUPATIONS POLITICAL INFLUENCE POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PRODUCERS POOR WOMEN POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL GROWTH RURAL INVESTMENT RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL POVERTY SAFEGUARDS SANITATION SMALL FARMERS SOCIAL CAPITAL TARGETING TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11800550/empowerment-poverty-reduction-through-infrastructure-service-provision-rural-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9463

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Summary:	Poverty in Pakistan is overwhelmingly rural. Some two-thirds of Pakistan's population, and over 60 percent of the country's poor, live in rural areas. In 2005, average per capita expenditures in rural areas were 31 percent lower than in urban areas. This inequality between urban and rural areas is re-enforced by inequality within and between rural areas. Owing to uneven access to land and useable water, most of the increased income that results from agricultural production accrues to higher income farmers-who typically spend a disproportionate amount of their income on urban goods and services. This inequality seriously limits the impacts of agricultural growth on rural poverty, and is a major cause of sustained poverty and low productivity among small farmers and rural nonfarm households. It also points to the importance of effectively targeting the poor in contexts in which resources intended for them are likely to be captured by more privileged groups.