The IMF Choice Strangely “to go or not to go to the IMF” continues to dominate the economic debate in Pakistan. All manner of statements have come out of the economic leaders in the government and their advisers. “We don’t need to go to the IMF if we ban importing luxury items.” “We can borrow …
The Rules Currently Are Too Complex, Detailed, Often Self-Contradictory, And Subject To Multiple Interpretations. The Permissions And Procedures Written Therein Can Slow Down Development As Envisioned By Pm For The Welfare Of The Country. Building And Zoning Rules Are Conflated. Building Rules Are Mainly For Safety And Curbing Environmental Externalities. In This Regard, Setbacks And …
The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) organized a conference on the development policy of Pakistan with a focus on planning and public investment policy. At the Conference (see Box 3 for details), a PIDE study entitled, Doing Development Better’ was launched and discussed.
PIDE Cities Research Programe was initiated in Karachi with a conference titled Cities: the Engine of Growth on November 15- 16, 2006. The conference was held in our largest city and was well-attended by economists, architects, town planners, Nazims, government officials, NGOs, journalists, and other citizens. The discussion was animated and about twenty-five speakers addressed …
To frame the issue, two characteristics of Pakistan should be noted. First, Pakistan has a very large market of 160 million people. For decades, this fact has been ignored in policy because of the focus on production and exports.1 Second, a large and growing population has now produced a huge youth bulge in the population …
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To frame the issue, two characteristics of Pakistan should be noted. First, Pakistan has a very large market of 160 million people. For decades, this fact has been ignored in policy because of the focus on production and exports.1 Second, a large and growing population has now produced a huge youth bulge in the population …
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