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标题：Determinants of Participatory Poverty: Evidence from Pakistan
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作者：Muhammad Abrar-ul-haq
期刊名称：Journal of Culture, Society and Development
电子版ISSN：2422-8400
出版年度：2015
卷号：8
页码：1-5
语种：English
出版社：International Institute for Science, Technology Education
摘要：This paper presents the empirical findings on the participatory poverty and its causes among rural household in Bahawalpur Division, Punjab (Pakistan). It is based on primary data collected through household survey. Multistage random sampling technique was used for data collection and 600 household from two districts of Bahawalpur division were selected. An ordinal Logit regression was used to estimate the factors affecting the participatory poverty of rural household. Participation in punchiat, relation with local governance, access to announce price by Government (for inputs) and access to support price by government (for outputs) were used as the proxy of participatory poverty. The estimates revealed that gender of head of household, household accessories, assets and property, average education of household, occupation of agriculture, household income and occupation of services reduce the participatory poverty among rural households. Key w ords: Participatory Poverty Index; Support Price; Announce Price; Punchiat Participation; Agriculture Sector;