The impact of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund on poverty in Pakistan: an empirical analysis

This paper examines the impact of the Pakistani Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) on poverty by using PPAF (2005) data. The analysis was conducted in two stages. The first stage determined the factors influencing access to PPAF microfinance and the second stage examined the impact of PPAF on poverty....

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Main Authors:	Yusuf, Muhammad-Bashir, Shirazi, Nasim Shah, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
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Language:	English
Published:	IDOSI Publications 2013
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/30589/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30589/1/The_Impact_of_Pakistan_Poverty_Alleviation_Fund_on_Poverty.pdf

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spelling	iium-305892013-07-16T06:18:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30589/ The impact of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund on poverty in Pakistan: an empirical analysis Yusuf, Muhammad-Bashir Shirazi, Nasim Shah Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi H Social Sciences (General) This paper examines the impact of the Pakistani Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) on poverty by using PPAF (2005) data. The analysis was conducted in two stages. The first stage determined the factors influencing access to PPAF microfinance and the second stage examined the impact of PPAF on poverty. Access study was conducted using the logit model. The full model containing all the predictor was statistically significant, indicating that the model was able to distinguish between respondents who have access and those who do not have. The second stage was divided into two steps. The first step examined the difference in the income between PPAF recipients and non recipients. The two incomes were found to be statistically significant but with little effect. The second step used logit model to determine the impact of credit on the poverty status of the beneficiaries. It was found that microcredit has no significant effect on poverty status of the beneficiaries, however six of the factors specified in the model were found to be significant with the model explaining 25 to 35 percent of the factors that determine the poverty status of the respondents. IDOSI Publications 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30589/1/The_Impact_of_Pakistan_Poverty_Alleviation_Fund_on_Poverty.pdf Yusuf, Muhammad-Bashir and Shirazi, Nasim Shah and Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi (2013) The impact of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund on poverty in Pakistan: an empirical analysis. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 13 (10). pp. 1335-1344. ISSN 1990-9233
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description	This paper examines the impact of the Pakistani Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) on poverty by using PPAF (2005) data. The analysis was conducted in two stages. The first stage determined the factors influencing access to PPAF microfinance and the second stage examined the impact of PPAF on poverty. Access study was conducted using the logit model. The full model containing all the predictor was statistically significant, indicating that the model was able to distinguish between respondents who have access and those who do not have. The second stage was divided into two steps. The first step examined the difference in the income between PPAF recipients and non recipients. The two incomes were found to be statistically significant but with little effect. The second step used logit model to determine the impact of credit on the poverty status of the beneficiaries. It was found that microcredit has no significant effect on poverty status of the beneficiaries, however six of the factors specified in the model were found to be significant with the model explaining 25 to 35 percent of the factors that determine the poverty status of the respondents.
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author	Yusuf, Muhammad-Bashir Shirazi, Nasim Shah Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
author_facet	Yusuf, Muhammad-Bashir Shirazi, Nasim Shah Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
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title	The impact of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund on poverty in Pakistan: an empirical analysis
title_short	The impact of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund on poverty in Pakistan: an empirical analysis
title_full	The impact of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund on poverty in Pakistan: an empirical analysis
title_fullStr	The impact of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund on poverty in Pakistan: an empirical analysis
title_full_unstemmed	The impact of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund on poverty in Pakistan: an empirical analysis
title_sort	impact of pakistan poverty alleviation fund on poverty in pakistan: an empirical analysis
publisher	IDOSI Publications
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/30589/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/30589/1/The_Impact_of_Pakistan_Poverty_Alleviation_Fund_on_Poverty.pdf
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