There is a consensus of opinion that growth of incomes in Pakistan has translated into declining levels of poverty especially since the late 1970s. While different estimates of the numbers of poor are available for different years. These are difficult to compare because of differing assumptions underlying the analyses. Moreover, such estimates are only available for years up to 1984-85.
This paper presents estimates of poverty for rural Pakistan based on the full-sample HIES data sets for 1984-85 snf 1987-88. The paper estimate poverty measures that allow, not only for incidence, but also for the intensity of poverty and for maldistribution among the poor.
