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Estimating the Footprint of Government on the Economy (Article)

1. INTRODUCTIONTotal Government Expenditure and the percentage that it represents of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is often taken as a measure of the size of the government’s footprint and its involvement in the economy. A low percentage reflects that the government’s capacity to influence the economy through fiscal instruments is limited, and low …

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Regulatory Bodies: Hurting Growth And Investment

1. Regulation is Necessary but ComplexMarkets thrive when practices are encoded into rules and regulations. The common myth in Pakistan seems to be that markets need to be checked and controlled, implying that regulation is to prevent market development. Indeed, markets do not thrive without good regulations. A large amount of time is wasted in …

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Lahore’s Urban Dilemma (Policy)

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 …

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PIDE’S Charter of Economy (Policy)

BACKGROUNDDespite experiencing extreme economic and political instability, Pakistan has still been unable to break with the ramshackle of its unstable development enigma. Pakistan’s economic indicators over the last seventy-two years have fluctuated widely: the sixties, the eighties, and a significant part of the 2000s registered high growth episodes (over 6.0 per cent), with low growth …

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The IMF Choice (Policy)

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 our way out …

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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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