Poverty and inequality are estimated from household surveys, but their sporadic nature prevents the creation of continuous time‑series data needed for rigorous analysis. To address this gap, SPDC’s report Smoothing Sporadic Estimates of Poverty and Inequality in Pakistan applies interpolation techniques to construct consistent series of poverty incidence and inequality measures for 1985–2016. These smoothed trends provide clearer insights into the relationship between poverty, inequality, and economic growth.
