2022
"In Pakistan, poverty is a rural phenomenon". Elaborate this statement keeping in view uni-dimensional and multidimensional aspects of poverty.
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Debate #74 · Poverty, inequality and social protection
Do income-based and international poverty lines capture the true extent of poverty in Pakistan?
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Examiners want: Concepts of absolute poverty and poverty lines, measurement approaches, uni- versus multidimensional poverty, rural–urban patterns, Pakistan's trends and justification
The questions
2021
What exactly is meant by "Absolute Poverty"? What are the preferred measurements of income poverty among development economists? How do income poverty measures differ from the United Nations Development Program's Multidimensional Poverty Index? Why should we be worried about measuring poverty in emerging countries?
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2020
Why internationally developed poverty lines may not be relevant to Pakistan. State poverty lines relevant to Pakistan and discuss its justifications and poverty trends in Pakistan. Also propose applicable policy measures to solve the issue.
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2012
Discuss Arbitrary poverty line. Also discuss as how poverty is measured with Basic Need Approach?
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2011
Point out three major approaches to measure poverty and analyze poverty problem in Pakistan, with respect to the best approach you have described? Describe A. K. Sin's contribution to measure Poverty.
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2008
What is meant by "absolute" poverty and the poverty gap? How and why should we be concerned with the measurement of absolute poverty in the Developing World? Explain with examples.
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