Local/Global Encounters
Development (2007) 50, 149–153. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100369
Gender and Poverty in Pakistan
Khawar Mumtaz1
1This article is based on Khawar Mumtaz's study for the Asia Development Bank published as Background Paper 7 Gender and Poverty in Pakistan. 2005
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Abstract
Khawar Mumtaz examines the gender–poverty nexus in Pakistan, and how gender disparities relate to, and link with, poverty reduction, economic growth and wellbeing.
Keywords:
disparities, economic growth, social exclusion, women's rights
