Open AccessDeprivation Counts: An Assessment of Energy Poverty in Pakistan
Author(s) -
Rafat Mahmood,
Anwar Shah
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the lahore journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1811-5446
pISSN - 1811-5438
DOI - 10.35536/lje.2017.v22.i1.a6
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , poverty , energy poverty , standard of living , index (typography) , socioeconomics , geography , rural area , survey data collection , economics , development economics , economic growth , statistics , political science , medicine , market economy , alternative medicine , pathology , law , panacea (medicine) , mathematics , world wide web , computer science , embedded system
This paper examines the energy–poverty nexus in Pakistan at the national and provincial level, using the multidimensional energy poverty index. Based on data from the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey for 2010/11, we find that the average household in Pakistan is 26.4 percent energy-poor. The study shows that the incidence of energy poverty is higher in rural areas than in urban areas, with a similar trend at the provincial level. A comparison with findings based on data from 2008/09 shows a slight decrease in energy poverty at the national level.