This study is an attempt to highlight the need to prioritize the agriculture sector in policies aimed at alleviating poverty. The objectives are (1) to estimate and compare the incidence of poverty across various sectors of the economy with special focus on the agricultural sector and (2) to identify the major determinants of poverty in the agriculture sector. Poverty is measured in terms of head count, poverty gap and severity of poverty indices all determined as a function of household consumption level. Households with adult equivalent consumption below a consumption level necessary to acquire basic needs are defined as poor. The estimated measures of poverty are used to compare incidence of poverty across sectors of the economy. Adult equivalent consumption is then regressed against a series of explanatory variables to identify determinants of poverty. Results from consumption model are then simulated to gauge impact of various policy scenarios on poverty levels. Data sets are from the 2001 Pakistan Integrated Household Survey and 2005 Living Standard Measurement Survey.

这项研究是为了强调在旨在减轻贫困的政策中优先考虑农业部门的必要性。目标是(1)估计和比较不同经济部门的贫困发生率，特别关注农业部门;(2)确定农业部门贫困的主要决定因素。贫困是通过人口数量、贫困差距和贫困严重程度等指标来衡量的，这些指标都是由家庭消费水平决定的。成年人的同等消费低于获得基本需求所需的消费水平的家庭被定义为贫困家庭。贫困估计指标用于比较各个经济部门的贫困发生率。然后根据一系列解释变量回归成人等价消费，以确定贫困的决定因素。然后对消费模型的结果进行模拟，以衡量各种政策方案对贫困水平的影响。数据集来自2001年巴基斯坦综合家庭调查和2005年生活标准测量调查。