Development

, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp 149–153 | Cite as

Gender and Poverty in Pakistan

  • Khawar Mumtaz
Local/Global Encounters
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Abstract

Khawar Mumtaz examines the gender–poverty nexus in Pakistan, and how gender disparities relate to, and link with, poverty reduction, economic growth and wellbeing.

Keywords

disparities economic growth social exclusion women's rights 
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  • Khawar Mumtaz

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