Inter-governmental funds flows in Pakistan: Are they reducing poverty?

Author(s)

Qazi Masood Ahmed, Institute of Business Administration, KarachiFollow
Akhtar Lodhi, University of Karachi, Karachi

Author Affiliation

Qazi Masood Ahmed is Associate Professor at Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi

Faculty / School

Faculty of Business Administration (FBA)

Department

Department of Economics

Was this content written or created while at IBA?

Yes

Document Type

Article

Source Publication

Pakistan Development Review

ISSN

0030-9729

Keywords

Fiscal federalism, Horizontal inequity, Intergovernmental fiscal transfer, Vertical inequity

Disciplines

Growth and Development

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to see whether any link can be found between the inter-governmental fiscal transfers and the deprivation index in the districts of Pakistan. The data for the study was collected from 98 districts of four provinces of Pakistan for the year 2003 and 2007. The results of the study shows the transfers have reduced deprivation across the board but unable to solve disparity issue. In fact the results show the extreme inequality (ratio of maximum to minimum) has increased over time but average disparity (coefficient of variation) gives mixed results.

Indexing Information

HJRS - Y Category, Scopus

Recommended Citation

Ahmed, Q. M., & Lodhi, A. (2009). Inter-governmental funds flows in Pakistan: Are they reducing poverty?. Pakistan Development Review, 48 (4), 703-713. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/faculty-research-articles/78

Publication Status

Published