Role of Climate Change and Gender Parity on Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan

Abstract

Climate is changing overtime at the Globe as well as at the national level. Further, female enrollment is improving over time even in developing economies like Pakistan. Whereas poverty is decreasing over time. This study estimates the role of climate change and gender parity in poverty alleviation in Pakistan. For this purpose, the study uses the pooled data from 1998/99 to 2018/19. Thus, the panel data techniques are used. The results show that climate change (i.e., precipitation) has statistically significant favorable impacts on poverty, but there is no role of temperature on poverty. As far as gender parity is concerned, it has also statistically significant favorable effects on poverty. It is suggested that the government should make proper arrangements to increase precipitation (i.e., artificial rain, availability of water) and focus on increasing female education which will lead to a rise in gender parity.