Can a Poor Citizen Enjoy the Fruits of Prosperity? A Case of Pakistan

Abstract

Aim of the Study: Inclusiveness of growth is of vital concern for the policymakers and policy debates. It has become need of the hour to measure the strength of decision making of poor people. This study measures the inclusive growth in Pakistan for the different regimes so that situation of equitable distribution can be analyzed in each decade, each political regime, dictatorship and democratic regimes.

Research Methodology: The methodology adopted to measure the inclusive growth index is Asian Development Bank’s methodology.

Findings: Results revealed unsatisfactory performance of Pakistan depicting unequal distribution of fruits of growth among the rich and poor masses of the society in all the political regimes, and all the decades under consideration of the study.

Conclusion: By keeping in view the displeasing picture of the Pakistan in accordance with the inclusive growth, appropriate policy steps are need of the hour to eliminate the poverty and to achieve equitable distribution of resources in order to carve the better picture of the economy.