India’s high growth reform agenda: lessons for Pakistan
In addition to the health and human toll, the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to represent the largest economic shock that the world has experienced in decades. To provide an idea…
Country does need higher growth rate
Acting Chairman of All Pakistan Textiles Mills Association (APTMA) Zahid Mazhar has requested Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to prioritize the revival of the economy in general and textile industry…
Growth versus high discount rate
Pakistan will experience the lowest growth rate in the region in fiscal year 2020 (ending 30 June 2020) at 2.4 percent, lower than Afghanistan’s 3 percent, Sri Lanka’s 3.3 percent,…
Lower growth and higher inflation
The debate on how the economy should be run began way, way before the election. As early as the middle of 2017, one aspect of the anti-Nawaz Sharif narrative that…
Growth rate: PBS under the spotlight
The provisional estimates for 2022-23 of the GDP by sector and by expenditure have been released recently by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). According to these estimates, the GDP…
Budget, taxes, revival & growth
Fiscal consolidation should be as growth-friendly as possible. In general, tax base-broadening reforms are identified as growth-oriented reforms. To the extent that they reduce distortions to economic decisions on work,…
Income inequality: export-led growth only solution
Pakistan is currently in difficult circumstances, grappling with deindustrialization and widespread unemployment. The country’s inflation rate at 36.4% has forced millions of families into subsistence conditions. Shockingly, 22% of the…
Reviving agricultural growth: Part – VI
Pakistan will have to develop a unified market linking the farms to retail outlets covering the full supply chain particularly in high-value commodities. Corporate investment and competition in on-farm storage,…
Reviving agricultural growth: Part – V
Mechanization, technology and advisory services: one of the major constraints facing small holders is the lack of resources and knowledge about modern practices to adapt techniques of production using mechanization.…
Remittances: boon or bane for growth?–II
The Dutch Disease is characterized by a rapid increase in one sector at the cost of other sectors. Firstly, the income shock and subsequent spending increase can drive demand-pull inflation.…
