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RASTA Local Research, Local Solutions: Energy Issues, Volume I

Download PDF (High Resolution)Download PDF (Normal Resolution) TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I – ENERGY ISSUES: Research Papers A Techno-Economic Analysis of Widespread Microgrid/Minigrid Deployment in Pakistan’s Electrical Power Sector……….. 1Danial Saleem and Salis Usman a Reducing Weighted Average Cost of Generation in Pakistan through Time of Use Pricing Models of Flexible Electric Loads…………. 62Naveed Arshad Household Energy Poverty in Pakistan…………….. …

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RASTA Local Research, Local Solutions: Urban Development, Volume II

Download PDF (High Resolution)Download PDF (Normal Resolution) TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I – URBAN DEVELOPMENT: Research Papers Adoption of a Performance Evaluation Technique for the Development of a Framework for the Climatic Responsive Urban Design………. 1Salma Sherbaz and Humera Mughal Prospects for the Development of Solid Waste Management System : A Case Study of Metropolitan City Karachi………… 34Shaista Alam …

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RASTA Local Research, Local Solutions: Technology & Public Service Delivery, Volume III

Download PDF (High Resolution)Download PDF (Normal Resolution) TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I – TECHNOLOGY & PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY: Research Papers Electronic Voting Machines for Pakistan: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Way Forward…………… 1Hina Binte Haq, Syed Taha Ali and Maryam Zafar Usmani Transforming Public Sector Through e-Governance: A Case Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa………… 56Shagufta Aman PART II – TECHNOLOGY & PUBLIC …

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RASTA Local Research, Local Solutions: Social Sector Development, Volume IV

Download PDF (High Resolution)Download PDF (Normal Resolution) TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I – SOCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT: Research Papers Improving the Public Sector Development Programme Allocations in the Clientelistic Environment of Balochistan: A Political Economy Analysis….. 1Mir Sadaat Baloch and Nadir Khan Public-Private Partnerships in Education: Evaluating the Education Management Organisations Programme in Sindh, Pakistan…….. 31Gul Muhammad Rind and Dhani …

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RASTA Local Research, Local Solutions: Markets & Regulations, Volume V

Download PDF (High Resolution)Download PDF (Normal Resolution) TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I – MARKETS & REGULATIONS: Research Papers The Regulatory Framework and Behavioural Issues in the Informal Khokha Markets in Pakistan……….. 1Anwar Shah and Tehseen Ahmad Qureshi The Street Economy in Twin Cities: An Economic Analysis………………. 48Nasir Iqbal, Saima Nawaz and Muhammad Aqeel Anwar PART II – MARKETS & REGULATIONS: …

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RASTA Local Research, Local Solutions: Political Economy Of Development Reform, Volume VI

Download PDF (High Resolution)Download PDF (Normal Resolution) TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I – POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT REFORM: Research Papers Political Dynasties and Local Economic Development in Pakistan……………. 1Faiz Ur Rehman, Noman Ahmad and Muhammad Nasir Obfuscated Libralization: How Special Interest Groups Capture Trade Policy in Pakistan………………….. 24Adeel Malik and William Duncan The Perspective of Native People Regarding Developmental Projects …

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Conceptualizing State, Society & Economy

Book Editor: Aimen Shakeel Abbasi ____________________________________________________________ Dear Youth of Pakistan, “On behalf of my generation, I offer you a heartfelt apology for our failure to leave you with hope and an inheritance that you can build on.” Our fathers gave us an unfinished project called Pakistan. They had, however, given in very quickly to the …

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Governance, Economic Policy and Reform in Pakistan: Essays in Political Economy (Reprint)

Author’s IntroductionThese essays were written over a period of three years primarily as a means toanalysing the political economy of the country and present that analysis in a manner thatis easily readable by the ordinary reader. The style of these essays is, therefore, veryinformal and, I hope, easily readable. As much as possible a conversational …

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Governance, Economic Policy and Reform in Pakistan: Essays in Political Economy (Urdu Version, Reprint)

How Pakistan Became an Asian Tiger by 2050

This extremely lucid and entertaining book provides a fresh new indictment of the international aid establishment that serious students of development, both in high-income and developing economies, must confront.”