Abstract
Poverty is a global phenomenon. It exists where people are deprived of the means to satisfy their basic needs mandatory to their survival. Mostly the phenomenon occurs in developing countries of the world, which not only affects them socially but also psychologically. The study focuses on the causes and consequences of poverty in Pakistan and attempts to offer recommendations for its alleviation. Despite, a long list of causes, the research emphasizes on the causes like; the lack of good governance, negligence of agriculture sector, market distortion/high rate of inflation, trade deficit dilemma, discriminatory education policies, unfair distribution of allocation and resources in education across the country, inadequate social sector, corruption and health and other social sectors etc. The paper tries to examine this phenomenon in the context of Pakistan, as to why is it so severe and how it should be dealt?
Summia Batool Miankhail,. (2008) Causes & Consequences of Poverty in Pakistan , Journal of Managerial Sciences, Volume 2, Issue 1.
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