IMF Staff Country Reports

Pakistan: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

Publication Date:

July 6, 2010

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

The distribution of poor population in Pakistan suggests that almost 75 percent of the poor are clustered around the poverty line. The economy moved to a higher growth trajectory in the vicinity of 6–7 percent real GDP growth during FY 2002–07, and resultantly the poverty declined substantially in FY 2004/05. The productive capacity of the economy remained alien to this higher growth and new industrial capacity was hardly added to the economy. The fiscal year 2007/08 was a volatile year for Pakistan’s economy both on domestic and external fronts.

Series:

Country Report No. 2010/183

Subject:

Education Health Labor Population and demographics Poverty