Nao ha muito pra se falar, talvez quase nada que possamos fazer..
80 %Pakistanis spending 50-60 % of their total income on food have been forced to curtail clothing, health education expenses to stave off starvation...Not everyone who is poor was born into poverty. New research shows that large numbers of poor people have fallen into poverty within their lifetimes as is happening in recent months in Pakistan where poverty is on rise due to food inflation and shortages.
Any inflationary impact that increases the rates of food badly impacts majority of people living in Pakistan as more than 80 per cent of them earn less than $2 per day (isso mesmo menos de 2 dolares por dia..). They are more vulnerable than the affluent class because they spend 50-60 per cent of their total income on food. When food becomes expensive they have to curtail other essential expenses to save themselves from starvation. It is time for starvation for those 23.4 per cent of the population that the government officially recognizes at living below poverty line.
Conventionally, poverty has been measured as a stock, considering the numbers of poor people at a particular moment in time. Such stocks can be compared across two points in time and the net change calculated. Such analysis does not reveal, however, exactly how this change was derived: how many people fell into poverty within the specified time frame, and how many others concurrently escaped poverty?
Poverty is definitely on rise in Pakistan as its citizen fight to buy wheat, rice or ghee at whatever price they could get it. Price has lost significance, as it is the availability that matters. Past experience indicates that poverty rises sharply in these circumstances. This according to economic experts is the right time to assess the poverty in the country, which would give the planners an insight to the vulnerable population of the country that could fall into poverty on slightest disturbance in economic out look.
The experts point out that except fixed income groups or elite class majority of families in Pakistan buy food on daily basis. There are families in poor localities that do not afford to buy as 20 kg atta bag. In normal circumstances they used to buy one or two kg of this commodity on daily basis or the shopkeeper in their neighbourhood provided them the 20 kg bag on credit.
They said now that the atta is not available through normal retail channels. They have to buy atta now at cash and that too at much higher rates. The alternate staple food to atta is rice the rates of which have risen more sharply.
Almost doubling of edible oil rates in one year and historic high rates of vegetables have further compounded the problems of lower middleclass and poor families. The poor families have been forced to neglect the health or education (acabam deixando de estudar porque nao tem como pagar..)if their children just to ensure that they are adequately fed.
Poor planning and bad governance has landed the nation in to present mess. According to economists the government�s poverty reduction strategy lacked substance. They said the government did not conduct any study (simples, se esqueceram deles, nem planos tinham) about the development and policy measures that reduce poverty. They said studies in neighboring India indicate that investment on road infrastructure reduces poverty more sharply then other developments. They said India experience shows that for every one million rupees spent on rural roads, 124 poor people could be lifted above the poverty line-the largest rate of poverty reduction among all types of investment. Furthermore, one rupee invested in rural roads would generate more than five rupees in returns from agricultural production, which is the second-largest production growth effect after agricultural research and development (R&D). Additional government spending on agricultural R&D and extension has the largest impact on production growth, with a cost- benefit ratio of 13; it also leads to large rural poverty-reduction benefits, second only to rural road investment. Additional government spending on education has the third-largest impact in reducing rural poverty, largely because of the increases in non-farm employment and rural wages that it induces. Finally, public investment in irrigation has an impact on agricultural productivity similar to that of education investments and only a small impact in reducing rural poverty. The economists regret that no such analysis is available in Pakistan.
Any inflationary impact that increases the rates of food badly impacts majority of people living in Pakistan as more than 80 per cent of them earn less than $2 per day (isso mesmo menos de 2 dolares por dia..). They are more vulnerable than the affluent class because they spend 50-60 per cent of their total income on food. When food becomes expensive they have to curtail other essential expenses to save themselves from starvation. It is time for starvation for those 23.4 per cent of the population that the government officially recognizes at living below poverty line.
Conventionally, poverty has been measured as a stock, considering the numbers of poor people at a particular moment in time. Such stocks can be compared across two points in time and the net change calculated. Such analysis does not reveal, however, exactly how this change was derived: how many people fell into poverty within the specified time frame, and how many others concurrently escaped poverty?
Poverty is definitely on rise in Pakistan as its citizen fight to buy wheat, rice or ghee at whatever price they could get it. Price has lost significance, as it is the availability that matters. Past experience indicates that poverty rises sharply in these circumstances. This according to economic experts is the right time to assess the poverty in the country, which would give the planners an insight to the vulnerable population of the country that could fall into poverty on slightest disturbance in economic out look.
The experts point out that except fixed income groups or elite class majority of families in Pakistan buy food on daily basis. There are families in poor localities that do not afford to buy as 20 kg atta bag. In normal circumstances they used to buy one or two kg of this commodity on daily basis or the shopkeeper in their neighbourhood provided them the 20 kg bag on credit.They said now that the atta is not available through normal retail channels. They have to buy atta now at cash and that too at much higher rates. The alternate staple food to atta is rice the rates of which have risen more sharply.
Almost doubling of edible oil rates in one year and historic high rates of vegetables have further compounded the problems of lower middleclass and poor families. The poor families have been forced to neglect the health or education (acabam deixando de estudar porque nao tem como pagar..)if their children just to ensure that they are adequately fed.
Poor planning and bad governance has landed the nation in to present mess. According to economists the government�s poverty reduction strategy lacked substance. They said the government did not conduct any study (simples, se esqueceram deles, nem planos tinham) about the development and policy measures that reduce poverty. They said studies in neighboring India indicate that investment on road infrastructure reduces poverty more sharply then other developments. They said India experience shows that for every one million rupees spent on rural roads, 124 poor people could be lifted above the poverty line-the largest rate of poverty reduction among all types of investment. Furthermore, one rupee invested in rural roads would generate more than five rupees in returns from agricultural production, which is the second-largest production growth effect after agricultural research and development (R&D). Additional government spending on agricultural R&D and extension has the largest impact on production growth, with a cost- benefit ratio of 13; it also leads to large rural poverty-reduction benefits, second only to rural road investment. Additional government spending on education has the third-largest impact in reducing rural poverty, largely because of the increases in non-farm employment and rural wages that it induces. Finally, public investment in irrigation has an impact on agricultural productivity similar to that of education investments and only a small impact in reducing rural poverty. The economists regret that no such analysis is available in Pakistan.
Me diz se num eh uma droga de governo???? O cara foi capaz de matar a propria mulher (Benazir), porque ele iria se importar com seu pais?
Melhor Musharraf do que nada:
Melhor Musharraf do que nada:
“POVERTY DECREASED DURING MUSHARRAF ERA”
According to Economic Survey 2005 & CIA Factbook 2007. Poverty in Pakistan in 2001 was 34.46%. And, now after 7 years of Musharraf; Poverty in 2005 was 23.9%. Poverty DECREASED by 10.56%.
Overall, 12 million people have been pushed out of Poverty in 2001 -2005!
According to Economic Survey 2005 & CIA Factbook 2007. Poverty in Pakistan in 2001 was 34.46%. And, now after 7 years of Musharraf; Poverty in 2005 was 23.9%. Poverty DECREASED by 10.56%.
Overall, 12 million people have been pushed out of Poverty in 2001 -2005!
No Pak existem muitas pessoas pedindo dinheiro nas ruas, mas eles num pedem como aqui, elas dizem, me de um trocado que eu te abencoo, que eu rezo por voce, ou eu preciso de um uniforme da escola, algum material, ...
Mas existem alguns tipos de exploradores, para quem assistiu `Quem quer ser um Milionario` viu que eles pegam algumas criancas e bebes e os colocam para pedir esmola, no pak acontece o mesmo, infelizmente. 
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Tristeza..... lamentável...
Me lembrei agora que um amigo indiano, do estado de Tamil Nadu, empresário, bem de vida,comentou que pagava 12 dólares(DOZE, vc leu certo!) por mês a empregada (e ela ainda morava na casa dele).
Ele falava como se fosse um salário maravilhoso, já que ele estava dando casa e comida e ela não poderia reclamar.
Me diz, Carol, o que eu faço com um povo mesquinho destes??? Por isso que a India é a bosta das bostas, pq o povo lá ´extremamente EGOÍSTA.
A gente reclama muito aqui do Brasil, mas nosso povo é mil vezes mais solidário do q eles...
Olá Carol,
faz algum tempo que leio seu blog. Me interessei por ele porque moro em uma cidade próxima de Toronto, Canadá, onde moram também muitos indianos e paquistaneses.
Lendo seu blog deu pra entender um pouco melhor estas pessoas que vêm para o Canadá na busca de um futuro melhor. Muitas vezes sem falar a lingua mas procurando alguma qualidade de vida.
É muito triste ver a situação que governos corruptos deixam em um país. O mais triste é que esta situação torna-se um ciclo vicioso porque estas pessoas acabam não conseguindo acesso a educaçao e nunca conseguem sair da pobreza. Sem contar que na minha opinião, religião e estado não podem se misturar e as pessoas têm que ser tratadas com igualdade independente da religião que sigam.
parabens pelo blog; espero que ele ajude muitas pessoas a diminuirem seus preconceitos.
Um abraço
complicado.. governo corrupto é que não falta no mundo, enquanto isso os menos favorecidos se ferram :-(
Já eu acho que há muito que pode ser feito. Eu pelo menos vou fazer a minha parte lá na Índia.
Quando não há interesse por parte dos governantes em melhorar a situação de seu povo, o quadro de miséria se instala, cria raízes. Lamentável!
a situacao esta critica la, imagina, nem saneamento, nem luz, nem agua, as pessoas moram em vilas, sem educacao ao acesso de todos, eles vivem em uma miseria quase pior que aqui...
Sheila- nossa, que absurdo, como pode? que ridiculo, ainda acha que esta fazendo uma favor pra ela ne? tadinha...
Marilena- Bem-vinda, com certeza eh um ciclo, como nao ha como melhorar de vida, um dia coloquei uma reportagem sobre um menino que havia conseguido uma bolsa de estudos, era de familia pobre, e por isso nao aceitou, pq ganhava um certo dinheiro e nao podia largar para estudar e tambem pq seus pais nao acreditavam que estudos pudessem mudar a vida de alguem...
Meninas- isso eh verdade, sempre os menos favorecidos acabam sendo mais prejudicados, uma vez me disseram que o esquema de tirar a luz do povo era pra faze-los ficarem preocupados com isso e se esquecem da corrupcao do governo, da morte da benazir, dos atentados...ficando assim preocupados com seu proprio bem-estar.
É, isso mostra mais uma face das desigualdades que não se instalam somente no Pak, mas em qualquer localidade no mundo. Como Mariachiquinha disse, quando o governante não se interessa,a miséria se instala.Triste, principalmente em saber quando um povo luta por seus direitos e são massacrados,como está acontecendo no Irã.Espero que paquistanes e todos outros povos não percam as esperanças de conseguirem um mundo melhor, porque é o que nos faz viver!
Allah Hafiz!
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