Protecting Pakistan’s water rights
India has fast-tracked construction of hydropower projects in IIOJ&K and at the same time, through its Geospatial Bill, is preventing IFIs from financing hydropower projects in the AJ&K. The definition…
Can economy rise from the ashes?
The phoenix is a mythological bird that after living 100 years bursts into flames and turns to ashes. It is painful to witness but the Pakistani economy appears turning to…
The bitter IMF pill
Pakistan, as a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), commonly known as the World Bank, has repeatedly sought financial support…
Concerns of the World Bank
An article titled “Economic Turnaround Moment?” has recently been published in the newspaper, Dawn. It has been written by Martin Raiser, World Bank Vice President for South Asia, and by…
The ebb of external inflows
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has released the statement of May 2023 on Disbursement of Foreign Economic Assistance to Pakistan in the first eleven months of 2022-23. The year 2022-23…
Migrating for water
As a result of the climate change process, the dry regions are becoming drier, and the damper areas are becoming damper in the country. Natural catastrophes are becoming more frequent,…
Elusive corporate turnaround
This article is not about sovereign states, political parties, celebrities and other boring stuff. It’s about corporate turnaround. It is relevant to Pakistan because almost 70% of the state-owned enterprises…
Beijing Consensus
The Washington Consensus comprises the United States Department of the Treasury, the World Bank and the IMF. The Washington Consensus is a set of ‘economic policy prescriptions’ or a so-called…
Overcoming debt burden
The newly-elected Prime Minister, Imran Khan, after taking the oath of office, in his maiden address to the nation on August 19, 2018, very rightly observed that the most dreadful…
A self-fulfilling prophecy
A self-fulfilling prophecy is when an event is anticipated and this leads to a behavioral response which increases the probability of the occurrence of the event and shortens the length…
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