January 2022 update of the IMF’s (International Monetary Fund’s) flagship report ‘Global Economic Outlook’ (GEO) revised global economic growth forecast for the current year downwards. As per GEO’s October 2021,…
US President-elect Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House and fading hopes for aggressive interest rate cuts have driven the dollar to multi-year highs, and investors see this strength…
The metropolitan municipal solid waste (MSW) generation, of which 75 per cent is organic, remains largely untapped. Organic MSW with higher calorific value given our national consumption of fatty oils…
With its vast agricultural base and rapidly urbanising population, Pakistan generates over 650 million metric tons (MT) of agricultural waste and 23 million MT of municipal solid waste annually. Imagine…
‘Supporters of the surcharges argue that the additional fees discourage debtors from borrowing excessively from the IMF. But this moral-hazard argument ignores that loans require approval from the Fund’s Executive Board, which…
Conflict has a vastly different impact on different economies based on how insulated it may be (either voluntarily or through sanctions) from the US-led Western financial system and the measures…
The strategic shift from geo-politics to geo-economics is a welcome initiative. In a world where the relative importance of a nation is determined primarily by its economic strength, the focus…
VULGAR is the word that pops into mind when witnessing the kind of politicking that seems to have become the norm in Pakistan, especially against the backdrop of a faltering…
Think about a small country, less than one-sixth of Karachi's population. Also, it is relatively poor and has a Muslim majority. What should this country possess to somehow stand out…
The upward movement of the stock market, such as the KSE-100, usually leads to optimism among businesses, statisticians and policymakers. They celebrate these figures as the sign of a national…
