Related Publications: Pakistan

Au Pakistan, où l’agriculture est fortement tributaire de l’irrigation, les marchés hydriques informels constituent un moyen d’importance croissante donnant accès aux nappes phréatiques aux petits agriculteurs et aux cultivateurs à bail*.

Like many other regional groups, the member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)--Bangladesh , Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka--have taken steps toward forming a regional free trade area

In February 1987, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) abolished the wheat ration shop system.

En este informe de investigaciones, , se examina cómo funcionan los mercados de agua, quién participa, cuál es la naturaleza de las transacciones y qué efectos tienen los mercados en la productividad y el ingreso agrícolas, con objeto de determina

Secondary crops are of increasing interest to policymakers and planners in developing countries because of a desire to diversify economic activities and because of their proven potential to raise farm incomes and rural employment.

In Pakistan, where agriculture is heavily dependent on irrigation, informal water markets are an increasingly important way to provide small farmers and tenant farmers with access to ground- water.

This paper examines the direct, first-rounds impact of two types of remittances—internal and external remittances—on income distribution and asset accumulation in rural Pakistan.

This paper uses income decomposition techniques to demonstrate the importance of livestock income in improving rural income distribution. It is based on three-year household panel data (1986 to 1989) from rural Pakistan.