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.
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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