Strangely enough “to go or not to go to the IMF” continues to dominate our economic debate. All manner of laughable statements have come out from economic leaders in the government and their advisers. “we don’t need to go to the IMF if we ban cheese.” “We can borrow our way out of our problems …
Pakistan’s economy has failed to achieve the target that it set for increasing investments. The investment rate currently stands at 15.4 percent of GDP which is about half the South Asian average. Factoring in the rate of depreciation shows that net investment in the economy is negligible, or, put in layperson’s terms, there is hardly …
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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 …
Ending poverty in all forms and dimensions by 2030 is the first goal of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). Therefore, the identification of the poor and the evaluation of the extent of poverty have received considerable attention in the design of cost-effective poverty reduction programmes and safety nets. The degree of poverty should be …
A longstanding debate in economics – and among social scientists more broadly – centers on how best to deliver international aid to developing countries. Should these countries’ governments rely on top-down wisdom from donor capitals? Or should they focus more on funding bottom-up solutions dictated by recipients? When the Trump administration proposed cutting the US …
Professor-less Universities in Pakistan GLOBALLY, UNIVERSITIES ARE ABOUT PROFESSORS ENGAGED IN RESEARCH, BUT IT IS COMMON TO THINK OF UNIVERSITIES AS MERE BUILDINGS WITHOUT PROFESSORS AND IDEAS IN PAKISTAN Professors are serious scholars with international recognition and verifiable fresh ideas in their discipline’s discourse. In Pakistan, a professor is a graded official with several publications …
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OBJECTIVES OF THE SLUDGE SERIES To highlight the sludge involved in different activities Induce the concerned agencies to work for reducing sludge To pin down areas where sludge can be reduced; by shortening the process or through digitization
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