Role of Education on Poverty Reduction: The Case Study of Pakistan

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10.2991/assehr.k.210407.006How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Education, Poverty, Low-income, Pakistan

Abstract

Pakistan has the sixth-largest population in the world; its poverty issue attracts more attention. Education is indispensable to economic development and poverty eradication. No economic growth and poverty alleviation are possible without education. Hence it is crucial to seek the effect of education upon poverty in Pakistan. This study evaluates Pakistan poverty and education situation, education system, and analysis the role of education in poverty. In the end, we provide several recommendations for government to address current issues in order to improve education level and reduce poverty rate, for example, manage current education system, widespread literacy, support rural low-income family education, provide more grant for educational materials and develop education programs.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chenyi Zhang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/08
TI  - Role of Education on Poverty Reduction: The Case Study of Pakistan
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 24
EP  - 29
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210407.006
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210407.006
ID  - Zhang2021
ER  -