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A Measured Approach To End Poverty
A Measured Approach To End Poverty
ENDING POVERTY
OUTLINE
1. Defining Poverty
a. Historical Overview
b. Measuring Poverty
2. Overview of Poverty
a. Global Overview
b. MDGs & SDGs
OUTLINE
3. Poverty in Pakistan
a. Statistical/Institutional Overview
b. Policies/Strategies
4. Social Protection
a. Role of Social Safety Nets
b. Benazir Income Support Program(BISP)
5. Conclusion
WHAT IS POVERTY?
Some of the signs that might alert about the presence of poverty
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Source: (UNDP-2015)
CAUSES OF POVERTY IN
PAKISTAN
LOW AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTIVITY
Out of the country’s 200 m population(estimated), 61.2
pc of the people are living in rural areas, and a majority
of them are employed in the agriculture sector
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NATURAL DISASTERS
Source : http://www.finance.gov.pk
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Source : http://www.finance.gov.pk
MTDF- 2005-2010
Source: http://www.pc.gov.pk/
VISION 2025
Source: http://www.pc.gov.pk
SOCIAL PROTECTION
STRATEGY(2007)
Conceived within the overall framework of “Just and
Balanced Development” envisaged in the Medium
Term Development Framework (2005-10)
Overarching vision of this strategy was to ‘develop an
integrated and comprehensive social protection
system, covering all of the population, but especially
the poorest and most vulnerable groups’
NATIONAL SOCIAL PROTECTION
POLICY FRAMEWORK
To identify institutional roles and responsibilities with
respect to social protection
Income gains
Safety ropes
Risk reduction
Food price stabilization
Poverty line National grain reserves
Trade policies
Income generation
Social assistance
Asset creation
Cash transfers
Human capital formation
Food subsidies
Employment opportunities
School feeding
Access to land
Supplementary feeding
Input subsidies
Access to services (health)
Scalable safety nets
Right to food approach
Twin-track approach
Conditional cash transfers
Productive safety nets
Public works programmes
Destitution
Poverty traps
PAKISTAN BAIT-
ZAKAT UL-MAAL
Workers Welfare Fund
EMPLOYEES OLD-AGE BENEFIT SCHEME
BENAZIR INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMME (BISP)
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PMT provided data on key indicators that include
among others;
1. Household size
2. Type of housing and toilet facilities
3. Education
4. Child status
5. Household assets
6. Agricultural landholding
7. Livestock ownership
FEATURES OF POVERTY SURVEY
Payment Instruments
and Disbursement
Banks
BDC is used at ATMS and retail outlets
BISP
INITIATIVES
A Co-
Waseela
Responsibility
Low income families, Grant of -e-
Cash Transfer(Rs.
Rs.1500 every month Taleem
250/per child/per
month)
Source: BISP
BISP – ROLE IN WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT