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While economic vulnerability is a key factor in the rise of poverty in Pakistan, vulnerability also arises from social powerlessness, political disenfranchisement, and ill-functioning and distortionary institutions, and these also are important causes of the persistence of vulnerability among the poor. [27] Kids playing in dirty water.
Pakistan ranks among the countries with the lowest literacy rates, and in recent years, child labor has seen a disturbing rise. The primary cause for the surge in child labor is the escalating poverty levels, with low literacy rates also playing a significant role in exacerbating this issue. [12]
Poverty, unemployment and a population boom contribute to Pakistan's current social problems. As of 2008, over 17% of the total population was found abjectly living below the poverty line [ 3 ] while the unemployment rate, as of 2010, numbered up to an unprecedented 15%. [ 4 ]
Pakistan's fiscal deficit will be significantly worse than projected this fiscal year, with the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic pushing millions into unemployment and poverty ...
The Pakistan government spent over 1 trillion rupees (about $16.7 billion) on poverty alleviation programs during the past four years, reducing poverty from 35% in 2000–01 to 29.3% in 2013 and further to 17% in 2015. [57] Rural poverty remains a pressing issue, as development in those areas has been significantly slower than in major urban areas.
Lack of education, social stigma, and now catastrophic flooding have all exacerbated period poverty in Pakistan The Recent Floods Have Put a New Focus on the Problem of Period Poverty in Pakistan ...
2022 Pakistan floods in summer cause over $30 billion dollars in economic losses in Pakistan. [43] At the end of March 2022, the State Bank of Pakistan's reserves stood at $11.425bn, but they gradually tanked to an almost four-year low of $6.715bn on 2 December. Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves equal to just five weeks of merchandise ...
Poverty in Pakistan (7 P) Prostitution in Pakistan (2 C, 1 P) V. Violence in Pakistan (19 C, 2 P) W. Women's rights in Pakistan (7 C, 30 P) Pages in category "Social ...