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Living Wage in Pakistan: Estimates,Adoption and Policy Challenges
Living Wage in Pakistan: Estimates,Adoption and Policy Challenges

How much does it cost for a worker and their family to live a basic but decent life in Pakistan? This paper explores this question using the concept of a living wage. The paper provides consolidated and updated living wage estimates for two rural regions and one urban region of Pakistan. The paper then examines the existing policy framework on returns to labour in general and minimum wages in particular and demonstrates its shortcomings in ensuring decent wages for workers.

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We engage in and disseminate high quality research, analysis, and training related to living wage and living income using the Anker Methodology.

We do this to inform and influence companies, empower working people, and shape public policy, thereby helping to enhance the quality of life and sustainable livelihoods for working people and their families everywhere.

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Anker Research Institute and its global network of researchers have measured over 200 living wage numbers and continue to update countries estimates every year. See below some of the countries ARI have worked with

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The Anker Research Institute conducts rigorous research on living wage and living income around the world, based on the Anker Methodology. This methodology combines secondary data analysis on households’ size, expenditures, and number of workers, with thorough on-ground field research on the local cost of nutritious food, healthy housing, adequate health care, and children’s education. This combination of primary and secondary data, and the rigorous, locally embedded research, sets the Anker Research Institute apart from other organizations estimating living wages and living incomes.