Re: The Poverty In Our Country...
Federal Bureau of Statistics is implementing a project entitled “Pakistan Social & Living Standard Measurement (PSLM) Survey covering the period of 66 months from July 2oo4 to December 2009, with a cost of Rs. 304.129 million (total GOP funded). This project aims at providing district and provincial level indicators in the areas of education, health, employment, family planning, rural water supply & sanitation and poverty assessment on alternate year basis. The data generated through the survey will be used to assist the government in formulating the poverty reduction strategy as well as development plans at district level and rapid assessment of programmes initiated under the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). During the first year i.e. 2004-05 both district level and provincial level surveys are being conducted concurrently and have been started from August, 2004. In the 2nd year (July 2005 onwards) detailed Provincial level survey & in the 3rd year district level survey will be conducted and this process will be repeated accordingly during the project life of 66 months. District level Reports of the first year survey are planned to be ready by end of April 2005 while Provincial level report will be printed in November 2005.