Damning report highlights the economic and deep-rooted inequalities in the country
The report examines the stark disparities of income and economic opportunities in the country. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Economic privileges accorded to the powerful elite in Pakistan add up to an estimated $17.4 billion or six per cent of the economy, according to a report by the United Nations.
These include the corporate sector, feudal landlords, the political class and the military, according to the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) National Human Development Report (NHDR) released last week,
Al Jazeerareported.
The report, based on the prism of “Power, People and Policy”, highlights the issues related to inequality and examines the stark disparities of income and economic opportunities in the country.
Islamabad, Pakistan – Economic privileges accorded to Pakistan’s elite groups, including the corporate sector, feudal landlords, the political class and the country’s powerful military, add up to an estimated $17.4bn, or roughly 6 percent of the country’s economy, a new United Nations report has found.
Released last week, the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) National Human Development Report (NHDR) for Pakistan focuses on issues of inequality in the South Asian country of 220 million people.
The report uses the prism of “Power, People and Policy” to examine the stark income and economic opportunity disparities in the developing country.
“Powerful groups use their privilege to capture more than their fair share, people perpetuate structural discrimination through prejudice against others based on social characteristics, and policies are often unsuccessful at addressing the resulting inequity, or may even contribute to it,” says the report.
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