Author: Muhammad Ashraf
AIT Library Call Number: AIT RSPR no.RD-10-01
Year: 2010
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Research Studies Project Report (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2010
Examination Committee: Jayant Kumar Routray (Chairperson); Soparth Pongquan, Kyoko Kusakabe (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The primary objective of this research study is to observe the relative change in the development level of people’s social well-being in Balochistan during 1998, and 2006-07. The study also seeks to identify contributing factors of inter-district disparity. The study used eighteen indicators from education, health, and quality of living sectors to rank order the districts of Balochistan in terms of development level of social well-being. For the purpose of understanding the relative change in terms of social well-being among the districts, Z-sum and Taxonomic Distances techniques are employed for computing composite indices. The results reveal that Balochistan remains the most backward province in terms of social development indicators. Inter-district assessment of social well-being indicates that overall development level of the districts more or less remains same. Overall Quetta, which is the capital city, is the only highly developed district and Musa Khel continues to be the most backward district of the province. Rank ordering of the districts over short period of time reveals that mostly moderately and under developed districts altered their position either upward or downward direction. Barkhan, Khuzdar, and Zhob moved from under developed to moderately developed category, while Bolan, Chaghi, Loralai, and Panjgur districts further declined and moved from moderately developed to under developed category. Mustang is the only district which moved from moderately developed to developed category during the study period. Moreover, inter-district disparity among the study units is significantly reduced in quality of living sector as a whole. In addition, other important factors of inter-district disparity reduction in the level of social well-being include male primary enrollment, child immunization, and sanitation facilities. However, inter-district disparity h
Scholarship Donor(s): University of Balochistan Quetta, Pakistan; Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship
Note: A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Regional and Rural Development Planning
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