Author: Amir Mustafa and Javeria Siddiqui

Poverty alleviation is one of the preeminent concern of developing world and one of the major factors in sustainable development goals (as per SDG 1) set by United Nations. Since recent decades, the world has witnessed the extreme poverty in rural areas. As per United Nations’ report, five of every six people earn below $1.90 and lies under the international income poverty line, belongs to the rural areas of developing countries. Rural areas account for 80% of people living in poverty and 18% of rural residents are living in extreme poverty. During the previous few decades, however, considerable progress has…

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