Planning without analysis
A recent conference held by PIDE on Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) brought forth a lot of worrying statistics. The most worrisome was the weak relationship of public investment with…
Chinese investment
SINCE 2015, China has invested billions of dollars in Pakistan. Has that bolstered our economic development? Opinions vary. Most people feel that Chinese investments, led by CPEC, have contributed to…
Budget: an analysis
Flanked by the Deputy Prime Minister, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, once hailed as the PM-N’s (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s) strategic brain, and Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, the finance minister delivered his…
Foreign investment inflows
The two-day visit of the high-powered Saudi delegation last week focused on identifying possible areas of investment that are likely to be translated into binding contracts during the expected and…
Managing public investment the mission-oriented way
Two renowned intellectuals – Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, and columnist for Guardian George Monbiot – in two separate articles recently, pointed towards a common problem: neoliberalism, and austerity,…
Improving foreign investment climate
‘After a steep drop in 2020 and a strong rebound in 2021, global foreign direct investment (FDI) declined by 12 per cent in 2022, to $1.3 trillion. The slowdown was…
New approach to investment
Global nations are fiercely competing for foreign direct investment (FDI) to fuel economic growth, job creation and technological advancements in the interconnected global economy. Pakistan too finds itself in the…
Is investor’s fright an investment’s flight?
Pakistan is nestled in the southern part of Asia, sitting precariously between Afghanistan, India, Iran, and below China, with the Arabian sea lapping on its southern shores and the Himalayas…
SEZs – investments for future
My experience with the Board of Investment (BoI) allowed me a deeper insight into not only the workings of the economy but the necessity of a consolidated long-term vision that…
Gas and nuclear industries fight to the end for ‘green’ EU investment label
The gas and nuclear industries have ramped up lobbying to secure last-ditch changes to European rules defining which investments are sustainable, fearing that exclusion from a new "green" list could…
