Saira Habib‡, Hasnain Didar‡Corresponding author: Saira Habib ( sairahabib36@gmail.com ) © Saira Habib, Hasnain Didar. This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Habib S, Didar H (2023) Analyzing the composite effect of Corruption and Socio-Economic Variables on Food Insecurity in Pakistan: A Comprehensive Study. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e113116 |  |
Food insecurity affects 842 million people, or 12% of the global population, with Asia and Africa containing over 92% of the undernourished. Particularly, South Asia accounts for 35% of this number. In countries like Pakistan, factors like corruption, inflation, foreign investment, remittances, education, population growth, GDP, and unemployment aggravate food insecurity. Our research, based on data from WDI and CPI (1995-2021), using the ARDL Model, uncovers short and long-term relationships between corruption and socio-economic variables. The findings indicate that while population growth and foreign investment can alleviate food insecurity, GDP, corruption, education spending, inflation, remittances, and unemployment exacerbate it. For Pakistan's long-term economic development, reducing food insecurity is crucial, emphasizing the need for political stability.