تلخیص
The eradication of poverty has become a foremost challenge
across the developing world and universally acknowledged as a
multidirectional phenomena. The study in hand explores the role
of human capital in mitigating the thrust of poverty dilemma in
the district Karak Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The present study
endeavor based upon the primary data, gathered though a
comprehensive questionnaire from randomly selected sample of
150 households at the tehsil level in the district Karak. The study
employed logistic regression model to explore the variety of
human capital factors i.e., level of education, training programs
etc. Education, technical training and provision of employment
opportunities are some of the factors eliminating poverty. It
revealed that the prevalence of poverty is more a rural than
urban dilemma and it necessitates the multi-prong strategies and
regional i.e. rural and urban specific and gender focused
specific intervention to wipe out the problem of poverty.
Atta Ullah Khan, Tahir Iqbal, Zia Ur Rehman. (2016) Impact of Human Capital on Poverty Alleviation in District Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , The Dialogue, Volume 11, Issue 2.
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