An Islamic Perspective on Inequality in Pakistan
In: The Pakistan development review: PDR, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 295-316
This paper examines the distribution of income in Pakistan,
and in each of its four provinces, from an explicit and formal Islamic
perspective. A cardinally significant Atkinson-Kolm-Sen relative index
of inequality reflecting that perspective is proposed and computed from
the full HIES data series for the years 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, and
1987-88. There is evidence of a significant decline in overall
inequality in Pakistan from 1984-85 to 1987-88, but the level of
inequality remains very high. Inter-province and inter-urban/rural
differences in inequality profiles within Pakistan and each of its
provinces are found to be generally less. significant than
intra-province and intraurban/ rural differences.