Pakistan

Selected EarthTrends Data:

Variable	Value
Gini Index{1}	31
Population living on less than $1/day{2}	17%
Population living on less than $2/day{3}	74%
Poverty Gap $1/day{4}	3%
Poverty Gap $2/day{5}	26%
Access to improved sanitation	59%
Access to an improved water source	91%
Literacy rate, all adults	50%
Life expectancy, both sexes	65 years

Definitions and Sources

{1} Survey year: 2002. Based on expenditure. {2} Survey year: 2002. Based on expenditure. {3} Survey year: 2002. Based on expenditure. {4} Survey year: 2002. Based on expenditure. {5} Survey year: 2002. Based on expenditure.

Poverty resources:

• Pakistan - Poverty assessment: poverty in Pakistan - vulnerabilities, social caps, and rural dynamics (Document)
• Pakistan - Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and Joint IDA-IMF Staff Assessment of the PRSP (Document)
• USAID Pakistan Country Office (Project)
• World Bank Pakistan Program (Project)

Poverty datasets:

• Pakistan - Poverty Data

Citations from the World Resources Report:

• Public Infrastructure and Private Costs: Water Supply and Time Allocation of Women in Rural Pakistan

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World Bank PovertyNet Library: (opens in a new window)

• http://povlibrary.worldbank.org/library/country/130

Development Gateway: (opens in a new window)

• http://www.developmentgateway.org/countryprofile/?country_iso=PK