Poverty in Pakistan123

Poverty In Pakistan

Group Members:

Ali Shan CheemaHareem AhmadRabail SanaullahMuhammad Wasim ZahidMuhammad Omar Yaqub

Poverty• Poverty is the lack of basic human needs, such as clean

water , nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter, because of the inability to afford them.

• Poverty in Pakistan is a growing concern, as it is a developing country. Although the middle-class has grown in Pakistan to 35 million, nearly one-quarter of the population is classified poor as of October 2006.

• As of 2008, 17.2% of the total population lives below the poverty line, which is the lowest figure in the history of Pakistan.

Causes Of Poverty• Unemployment• Overpopulation• Pakistan Politics• Corruption• Law and Order• Division Of Agricultural Lands• Lack Of Education• Large Scale Imports

UnemploymentThe unemployment rate (10 years and over) in Pakistan was last reported at 5.7 percent in the second quarter of 2011. From 1990 until 2009, Pakistan's Unemployment Rate averaged 5.88 percent reaching an historical high of 8.27 percent in December of 2002 and a record low of 3.13 percent in December of 1990.

OverpopulationThe estimated Population of Pakistan in 2010 is over 169,478,000,making it the world's sixth most-populous country.

Pakistan PoliticsGovernment is unable to manage the departments and country has low reserve assets. So the meet the requirements some companies run by government are sold to foreign investors

Corruption• It is the condition when there is not morality and every

one is trying to earn more and more by using fair and unfair means.

• In this whole scenario some corrupt people has been occupying the resources and common man is living in miserable conditions, which brings more poverty in the state.

Law and Order• Various untoward incidents of bomb explosions at the

public places, firing of bullets on the innocent civilians by the miscreants bear out that volatile law and order situation is gravely affecting social, political, economic and religious fabric of Pakistan.

•  No public place is secure, no religious institution is sacrosanct and no spiritual or political congregation is safe.

• Talented people are leaving the Land of the Pure for good because their fate is in the doldrums due to uncertainty of jobs and insecurity to their life and property.

Division Of Agricultural Land• Pakistan is an agricultural country. Most of people are

farmers by profession. One has land which fulfilling the needs of his family but he has to divide the land into his children when they got young.

• After division the land is not sufficient to support a family. Now the families of his children are suffering and spending their lives below poverty line.

Lack Of EducationThe literacy rate of Pakistan is very low. Most of people do not have any concept about the modern earning sources. Most people are unable to adopt technology for their business needs, that’s why business do not meet international standards and results as decrease in revenue which lead the society to poor financial conditions.

Large Scale ImportThe import of Pakistan is greater than export. Big revenue is consumed in importing good every year, even raw material has to import for industry. If we decrease import and establish own supply chains from our country natural resources the people will have better opportunities to earn.

REMEDIES OF POVERTY

Make Education Sector Well

Without education it is difficult to escape from poverty. This becomes a vicious circle – people who live in poverty cannot afford to send their children to school. Produce Artists, Engineers And Professional

People

We have to work more on technical education to produce qualified engineers and doctors to over- -come the poverty.

REMEDIES OF POVERTY

Division Of Money

The division of money should be equal.

Introducing Professional Institutions

Government should build new professional institutions.

REMEDIES OF POVERTY

Stability Of Government

Government is not well aware of present conditions of country. The policies of government are base on the suggestions of officials which do not have awareness about the problems of a common man. So government should be stable.

Population Must Be Controlled

The estimated Population of Pakistan in 2010 is over 169,478,000, making it the world's sixth most-populous country. Population rate should be controlled.

REMEDIES OF POVERTY

Development of Agricultural and Industrial

sector

Government should not waste national assets and utilize them to remove the poverty And should invest more in Industrial Sector.

Unemployment

Government should take certain steps to decrease the rate of unemployment by giving jobs to labor force

Types of Poverty

Intellectual Poverty-Lack of access to knowledge or Distorted Knowledge 

Formal education is a luxury in the dump. Because each day presents the challenge of mere survival, the scavengers do not have the opportunity to care about much else. Consequently, the majority has neither dreams nor plans of any kind outside of finding the meal of the day.

Poverty of the Will—Lack of self-control 

A world of chaos, without rules or standards, creates children of like characteristics. Most of the people that live in the dump are born and pass through a wild, unstructured life onto death without ever knowing structure or rhythm and the peace these can bring. Alcoholism and drug addiction do incalculably much to worsen the already desperate situation. These people need to be given the opportunity to make decisions that can change their lives and then be guided in such a way that these changes can be realized. 

Physical Poverty-Lack of health 

Working in constant pollution and among infectious and sharp objects, the scavengers are in a clear state of permanent sickness. Health is a very urgent concern. The malnutrition, toxic waste, pathogens, filth and other high risk aspects of scavenging cause severe respiratory and dermatological illnesses, along with a myriad of other health complications. The scavengers have almost no access to medical care services. The public health system in Guatemala is completely inefficient. Medical consultations, lab tests and medication are totally out of the question for the scavengers. 

Poverty of Civic Involvement—Lack of community concern 

Even within a family network, a human being needs more social support to survive in the hard living conditions of the dump. In order for the much needed economical and social improvements to take place, society partnership is needed.

Economic Poverty—Lack of resources 

The daily income generated by scavenging on the dump is on average less than $2 per day, just enough for one meal, and a far cry from what is needed or access to basic human services. At this rate, progress and growth are impossible and the scavengers never make it out of the “just living to make it through each day” reality. Even if they did make enough to save a little, access to economic resources is basically a closed door for the scavengers because of lack of records and references. 

POLICY SELECTION

Various policies can be adopted by the government to eliminate or decrease the level of poverty.

Fiscal policy

Monetary policy

Economic policy

Foreign policy

Budgets

Fiscal policy

Fiscal policy is concerned with the government revenues and government expenses in order to remove fiscal disequilibrium.

Tool selection

Progressive taxesRegressive taxesEducationEmploymentHealth

Solution and Logic

Implementation of progressive taxes will generate more revenue and the government will have more to spend on the basic necessities of its people.

Subsidy can be given to poor by discouraging the regressive taxes as a result of which poor will have more to spend on the basic necessities.

Government should incur more expenses on the provision of food, shelter, clothing and on providing basic necessities to its people.

More employment opportunities need to be created to remove the poverty due to unemployment.

Free or subsidized health and educational services need to be provided to the poor.

More emphasis on provision of education to the children will decrease the level of poverty in the long run.