Structural Adjustment and Vertical Inequality in Rawalpindi District

20 Pages Posted: 13 Feb 2019

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Saima Asad

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS)

Abdul Saboor

Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law

Irfan Ahmad Baig

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS)

Date Written: February 3, 2019

Abstract

Structural adjustment is large scale assistance in the form of finances to the developing countries from the two Breton Wood financial institutes namely World Bank and IMF both the donor agencies are working for the betterment of developing economies like Pakistan. Basic aim of the given study is to find inequality under the structural adjustment program in the Rawalpindi region both at rural and urban level using HIES data 2011-12. Main measures of inequality including GINI-Coefficients, Theil’s index, Atkinson index, Coefficient of Variation and quintile share ratio for the measurement of inequality along with socioeconomic variables. It has seen that inequality in urban area is high as compare to rural due to more facilities in the urban areas inequality among individuals as classes came into being so inequality is high. Due to this urban biased rural to urban migration in undergone area is growing day by day.

Keywords: Vertical Inequality, Gini, Atkinson, Rawalpindi

Suggested Citation

Asad, Saima and Saboor, Abdul and Baig, Irfan Ahmad, Structural Adjustment and Vertical Inequality in Rawalpindi District (February 3, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3327965

Saima Asad (Contact Author)

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS) ( email )

Muree Road Rawalpindi
Shamsabad, Punjab 44000
Pakistan

Abdul Saboor

Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law

Irfan Ahmad Baig

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS) ( email )

Muree Road Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi, Punjab 44000
Pakistan

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