MEASURING SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION OF PEOPLE        LIVING IN THE SLUMS OF JARANWALA, PAKISTAN: MEASURING SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION

Dr Riaz Ahmad ahmad; Dr. Israr Ahmad Shah Hashmi; Mr. Muhammad Haroon Haroon

Authors

Dr Riaz Ahmad ahmad Fatima Jinnah University Islamabaad
Dr Hashmi FG Sir syed college Rawalpindi
Mr. Haroon Federal Government Sir Syed College Rawalpindi Cantt

Keywords:

Multidimensional Poverty, Pakistan, Jaranwala, Multidimensional poverty Index and Severe Poverty

Abstract

Deprivation has traditionally been measured in one dimension i.e. income or consumption. In this analysis, a basket of goods and services considered the minimum requirement to live a non-impoverished life is valued at the current prices. People who do not have an income sufficient to cover that basket are deemed poor.

Income deprivation certainly provides very useful information. Yet poor people themselves define theirpoverty much more broadly to include lack of education, health, housing, empowerment, employment, personal security and more. No one indicator, such as income, is uniquely able to capture the multiple aspects that contribute to poverty. For this reason, since 1997,HumanDevelopment Reports (HDRs)
have measured poverty in ways different than traditional income-based measures.

MEASURING SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SLUMS OF JARANWALA, PAKISTAN