FINANCIAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTIVITY DURING COVID-19 IN RURAL SINDH PAKISTAN: A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW AND INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK

Abstract

Families in the developing economies have remained to live with a number of constant problems, which have been associated with poverty, income instability and low productive capacity. To this end, governments and development agencies have come up with a number of financial support measures that are geared towards stabilizing the livelihoods and promoting household productivity. Although there is a lot of empirical evidence on such initiatives, the conceptual pathways in which financial support programs can be converted into sustainable household outcomes are still in bits. This paper is a literature review that will help to construct an integrative conceptual framework on how financial support programs enhance the productivity of households using a series of mechanisms that are reinforcing. Based on the previous literature, the paper frames the concept of household productivity as a multidimensional variable and includes physical assets, income stability, entrepreneurial activity, satisfaction of the needs of the basic level, and poverty alleviation. The paper makes a theoretical contribution by bringing together scattered knowledge into a consistent framework and a practical contribution by providing advice to the policymakers interested in creating effective and sustainable interventions of the financial support