Impacts of Poverty on Good Governance in Pakistan
Abstract
Poverty is a multi-dimensional concept, not just lack of food consumption but also of crucial capability of life including education, healthy life and living social life. Poverty and inequality in Pakistan create many obstacles that hamper the way of good governance. If the economic policies and growth are not pro-poor then poverty would rise in any society including Pakistan, even in the presence of good governance. The rising poverty rates in Pakistan badly affect and decline the value system in society very rapidly that ultimately paved way for manipulation and exploitation more easily. Poverty and hunger lead to crimes, social disorder and intoxication in Pakistan, while economic development protects human being from such evils. In Pakistan, education is the primary source of human capital earning and accumulation that plays very important role, but unfortunately literacy rate is also very low. Education increases the production and proficiency of human resources and thus produces skilled and capable manpower, talented enough of leading the economy in the direction of sustainable development and creates competence which is just like a magnetic field contributing to the good governance. Likewise, economic development leads to mental satisfaction which strengthens good governance. This paper is an attempt to explore relationship between poverty and good governance and explore the impacts of poverty on good governance in Pakistan.
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