This paper contributes to Pakistan’s poverty reduction policy framework by improving the understanding of labour market issues relevant to poverty and poverty reduction in the country. It provides a strategic review of the labour market-poverty linkage in order to facilitate better correspondence between labour and poverty-reduction policies.
Haris Gazdar, Labour Markets and Poverty in Pakistan: Institutional Arrangements and Policy. Working Paper 2. Center for Research on Poverty Reduction and Income Distribution, Islamabad. Febuary 2004.