China: aid, trade and investment
In Pakistan, there has been increasing interest and academic curiosity about the growing role of China as an ‘aid provider’. An analyst has even termed China as a “new leader…
Open up clogged investment arteries!
The real corridors of prosperity" carried by Business Recorder on October 20, 2016 I had dilated on the potential pathways for attaining prosperity for the people of Pakistan. Among the…
Economics of investment
Why is Pakistan barren so far as investment is concerned? With all the horse and pony shows going on the investor refuses to bring in investment. The Musharraf-Shaukat regime did…
American investments in Pakistan
While addressing the 3rd Pakistan-US Business Opportunities Conference in Islamabad last week, the visiting US Secretary Commerce, Penny Pritzker, underlined security, unfair taxation and bureaucratic procedures as key impediments to…
Tax base – an analysis
The above slogan "Expansion of Tax Base" is considered as solution for the economy of Pakistan - Analysis. Pakistan is facing fiscal deficit from year to year as the revenue…
Denying the acceptance of forces that shape growth and investment
By growth we mean economic expansion as measured by any of a number of indicators such as GDP. Economic growth is an increase in the production and consumption of goods…
Investment treaties in an international regime
Viewing the investment treaties from a regime's perspective gives us an advantage to study dynamics of relationship established by these treaties among states and their nationals highlighting the systematic nature…
‘King Coal’ in Australia faces rising investment backlash
A farmer's habit of rising before dawn finds Cliff Wallace alone most mornings while a rag-tag army of anti-coal activists camped in tents and tee-pees on his land catch a…
Economic development tools: attracting investment, business and talent
To understand how to develop prosperity within the economies, economic development managers know their tools, frameworks and required practices. In every dimension, economic development has become more complex and challenging.…
Investors back ESG stock funds even as tech slide hurts returns
Investors continued to flock to environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) stock funds in January despite a slide in Big Tech hitting the funds’ performance, and as the market braces…
