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The poverty level in Pakistan has become a topic of discussion by many researchers and authors alike since residents cannot meet their basic demands. There is enough evidence that rules out the high poverty level in Pakistan as a major problem for the residents who live in low economic conditions. According to research by Ullah and Chishti (2023), Pakistan suffers asset-based poverty across several provinces, districts, and tehsils. The problem of poverty also moves from one generation to the next, as a study by Bashir et al. (2021) shows. To counter these disparities in the Pakistani population, Hassan et al. (2021) research the effectiveness of the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP).

Evidence-Based Recommendation

To combat the issue of poverty in Pakistan, changes in policy and support groups need to improve. Policies will need improvement in free education and financial support groups. Since the population suffers greatly from poverty, stakeholders should provide more education opportunities. Access to education, in turn, will give the population more growth opportunities as they become skilled in different areas of the job and employment market. Given the poverty that affects the population of Pakistan, policy changes are essential for improvements. Policymakers can achieve the different subcategories of the sustainable development goal (SDG) 1 by initiating changes in the processes of the nation. Pakistan's provinces, districts, and tehsils need good financial aid schemes to battle the poverty crisis. The government of Pakistan needs to establish conducive policies at the social, legal, and political levels to combat Pakistani poverty (Ullah and Chishti, 2023). More specifically, the strategies for alleviating poverty can focus on improving the number of assets that Pakistani households have.

Concerning the transmission of poverty from one generation to another, Bashir et al. (2021) studied the determinants. The researchers revealed that poverty would elevate Pakistan's problem if household size and dependency ratio increased. The authors recommend that the government of Pakistan and major stakeholders provide free education to the population. When offered, especially in rural areas, free education can help Pakistani residents move out of poverty. Free education will equip the population with more earning opportunities. As a result, the rate of intergenerational transfer of poverty among the population will reduce. Similar policy implications lie in the increasing financial position of the Pakistani population. Hassan et al. (2021) provide that support schemes like the BISP can greatly reduce poverty among the population. Likewise, Jahangir et al. (2020) claimed that households receiving BISP assistance generally utilized cash to buy food, making cash handouts an important source of extra revenue for food purchases. Support programs in Pakistan face the drawback of family size that negates their effectiveness. The study suggests the expansion of BISP so that many families in poverty can get the assistance they need to meet their necessities. Establishing more programs similar to BISP across Pakistan can help households in poverty live better since they will be financially empowered.

References

Bashir, F., Ashraf, M., & Naveed, T. (2021). Determinants of Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty in Pakistan: A Case Study. Review of Economics and Development Studies, 7(1), 91-99. https://doi.org/10.47067/reads.v7i1.324

Hasan, M. U., Waqas, M., & Shaheen, S. (2021). Cash Grant for Women: What we achieved from Income Support Program of Pakistan? Annals of Social Sciences and Perspective, 2(1), 71-88. https://doi.org/10.52700/assap.v2i1.44

Jahangir, A., Zaidi, S., Das, J. K., & Habib, S. (2020). Do recipients of cash transfer scheme make the right decisions on household food expenditure? A study from a rural district in Pakistan. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 70(5), 796. https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_chs_chs/707/

Ullah, K., & Chishti, M. Z. (2023). Spatial distribution of poverty in Pakistan: an asset-based approach. Future Business Journal, 9(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-022-00162-4