Abstract
Population size has been the topic of concern among social scientist
but contemporary variation in the age and sex structure in the
demography of various least develop countries increase this concern.
At present population pyramid of Pakistan highlighted the large
proportion of youth who are falling in the working age. This
demographic dividend is the window for opportunity that accelerates
the development through the provision of skills, education and labor
force participation. The main objective of the study is to utilize this
demographic dividend and its effect on the socio-economic conditions
of the country. This document examines Pakistan's population density
and its impact on the country. Study in hand was conducted in local
scenario of Punjab Pakistan. Three districts were selected from the
North Central and south zone of Punjab through multistage sampling
technique. Qualitative information was collected through FGDs from
the three selected district namely, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad and Multan.
Total twelve FGDs were done (4 from each district) to get the
meaningful information. Moreover, interview guide was used as a tool
for information collection. On the bases of findings it was concluded
that Pakistan has largest working age population that can be utilized
through human capital, labor force and saving and investment.
Population welfare policies can be helpful for the utilization of the
dividend.
Demographic Dividend , Muhammad Idrees, Zahira Batool, Muhammad Shabbir, Sadaf Mahmood. (2019) Harnessing Demographic Dividend as the source for accelerating Socio-economic Development in Punjab Pakistan, The Dialogue, Volume 14, Issue 2.
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