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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Pakistan in the early years of the 21st Century. Some of these links
may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated,
misleading or even false. No attempt has been made to validate
their authenticity or to verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspects of poverty are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring the relationship between distribution of labor and
per-capita GDP, for example. Perhaps
your paper could focus on life expectancy or infant mortality. Other factors of interest might be
unemployment, literacy, access to basic services, etc. On the other hand, you might choose to
include some of the possible outgrowths of poverty such as Human Trafficking,
Street Children,
or even Prostitution. There is a lot to the subject of
Poverty. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** Extreme Weather *** In Pakistan,
extreme weather events can have a significant impact due to the country’s
geographical location and climate patterns. Pakistan experiences scorching
heatwaves, especially during the summer months. In addition, supercell thunderstorms
occasionally occur, bringing intense rainfall, strong winds, and
lightning. The majority of Pakistan’s
population resides along the Indus River, which swells during the monsoon
season. Heavy rainfall can cause devastating floods, affecting communities,
infrastructure, and agriculture. – adapted from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Pakisstan U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html [accessed 16
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/pakistan/ [accessed 7 January 2021] Decades of internal
political disputes and low levels of foreign investment have led to
underdevelopment in Pakistan. Pakistan has a large English-speaking
population, with English-language skills less prevalent outside urban
centers. Despite some progress in recent years in both security and energy, a
challenging security environment, electricity shortages, and a burdensome
investment climate have traditionally deterred investors. Agriculture
accounts for one-fifth of output and two-fifths of employment. Textiles and
apparel account for more than half of Pakistan's export earnings; Pakistan's
failure to diversify its exports has left the country vulnerable to shifts in
world demand. Pakistan’s GDP growth has gradually increased since 2012, and
was 5.3% in 2017. Official unemployment was 6% in 2017, but this fails to
capture the true picture, because much of the economy is informal and
underemployment remains high. Human development continues to lag behind most
of the region. GDP - per capita (PPP): $5,400 (2017 est.) Labor force - by
occupation: agriculture: 42.3% industry: 22.6% services: 35.1% (FY2015 est.) Unemployment rate: 6% (2017 est.) Population below
poverty line: 29.5% (FY2013 est.) Maternal mortality
rate: 140 deaths/100,000 live births (2017
est.) Infant mortality
rate: total: 52.3 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at
birth: total population: 69.2 years Drinking water
source: improved: total: 91.5% of population Physicians
density: 1 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation facility
access: improved: total: 70.1% of population Electricity access:
electrification - total population: 74% (2017) The
Borgen Project - Pakistan borgenproject.org/category/pakistan/ [accessed 16 February 2021] The Borgen Project works with U.S. leaders to utilize the United
States’ platform behind efforts toward improving living conditions for the
world’s poor. It is an innovative,
national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign
policy. It believes that leaders of
the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global
poverty. From ending segregation to providing women with the right to vote,
nearly every wrong ever righted in history was achieved through advocacy. The
Borgen Project addresses the big picture, operating
at the political level advancing policies and programs that improve living
conditions for those living on less than $1 per day. ~
Care: Increasing Access To Education In Pakistan borgenproject.org/education-in-pakistan-2/ ~
Pakistan And India: The Battle For Rice Exports borgenproject.org/rice-exports/ ~
Organizations Alleviating Pakistan’s Water Crisis borgenproject.org/pakistans-water-crisis/ ~
Bt Cotton Fights Poverty In Pakistan ~
Examining The Belt And Road Initiative In Pakistan borgenproject.org/the-belt-and-road-initiative/ ~
Linking Poverty And Terrorism In Pakistan borgenproject.org/poverty-and-terrorism-in-pakistan/ Beyond
Covid-19 Samar Quddus, The News, Pakistan, 16 February 2021 www.thenews.com.pk/print/790555-beyond-covid-19 [accessed 16 February 2021] Besides
food insecurity, the prevalence of undernourishment in the country is also
high and persistent, leaving children more susceptible to viral infections.
Almost 40 percent of the children are stunted countrywide, making Pakistan as
the third highest country with stunted children in the world. The burden of
wasted children below the age of five is also as high as 17 percent,
surpassing the internationally agreed emergency threshold of 15 percent. Similarly,
children are highly micronutrient with almost half of children in the country
reported to be anemic. The numbers are expected to worsen in the long term as
nutrition services in the country are severely disrupted during the pandemic
year. Despite
the fact that the Covid-19 spread has remained moderate in the country
compared to many other countries, the food security and hunger situation has
still been worsened by the partial lockdown that particularly impacted food
supply and prices. As a
main driver of high inflation, food prices continue to rise adding more to
the miseries of low-income household and daily wagers. The rising trend in
food prices, coupled with real income losses and rising poverty, has
compelled low-to-middle income households to decrease their daily calorie
consumption. The sticky domestic food inflation has been forcing households
to further cut down their health and education expenses in order to meet
their necessary dietary requirement, threatening to set back progress even
further. Addressing
poverty The News, Pakistan, 13 December 2020 www.thenews.com.pk/print/757676-addressing-poverty [accessed 13 December 2020] In order
to address poverty and hunger in Pakistan, the incumbent government needs to
take other important steps such as industrialisation,
addressing the ever-highest inflation, setting up cheaper energy projects ,
ensuring that everyone has access to education, launching low-cost housing
schemes and ensuring rule of law. Such actions will bring prosperity to the
country and provide employment to the unemployed. The brave tender
souls Experience by Salman
Nizami, Greater www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2010/Oct/28/the-brave-tender-souls-14.asp
[accessed Oct. 29,
2010] salmannizami.blogspot.com/2010/10/brave-tender-souls-these-fate-bitten.html [accessed Oct. 22,
2020] One day
I asked Aabid if he would show me his home and
introduce me to his family so I could understand his life and the life of the
other street children here. And so, awkwardly, he led me to his poor neighbourhood Chak Dhara – Fakir gojri village.
His home, like all the others in the area, is made of mud. Aabid introduced me to his elder brother who has not been
able to work since he was injured in the Action
Against Hunger - Pakistan www.actionagainsthunger.org/countries/asia/pakistan [accessed 21 March 2021] Pakistan
is highly impacted by climate change. In 2019, earthquakes, heavy rainfall, and
drought hit the country. In Sindh and Baluchistan, a severe drought affected
5 million people and devastated agriculture. Additional, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
is still going through a crisis due to military operations against militias
in tribal areas, which has led to high levels of displacement. Overall, the
country has one of the world's worst malnutrition rates, with 45% children
under five stunted. The
World Bank in Pakistan www.worldbank.org/en/country/pakistan/overview [accessed 21 April 2021] Pakistan
has important strategic endowments and development potential. The increasing
proportion of Pakistan’s youth provides the country with a potential
demographic dividend and a challenge to provide adequate services and
employment. Looking
back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Pakistan-ECONOMY.html [accessed 8 December 2020] Despite
steady expansion of the industrial sector during the 1990s, Pakistan's
economy remains dominated by agriculture. Agriculture and industry made
roughly the same contribution to GDP—26% and 25%, respectively—in 2001,
although 44% of the labor force was in agriculture and only 17% industry. Exports
of primary agricultural products are concentrated in cotton and rice.
One-fourth of the land is farmed or used for grazing, and much of this is
planted to food crops for domestic consumption. Pakistan is generally poor in
natural resources, although extensive reserves of natural gas and petroleum
are being exploited. Iron ore, chromite, and low-quality coal are mined. All
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