Policy rate and oil subsidy — II
Therefore, such policy increase will likely do a lot of harm to the impact of bottom-up approach by the previous government has adopted since the start of the pandemic. It…
Country needs a fair petrochemical policy
In the last few years, the country had a very consumer-driven economy – there was a never-ending toxic cycle: import goods, run out of money then ask for a bailout/loan.…
Beyond neoliberal and pro-cyclical policy
‘It is well known that the old model of austerity does not work. Not only does it cause the economy to contract and inflict excessive hardship on the population; it…
Adjusting policy
EMPIRICAL evidence is a cornerstone of public policy because it enables informed decision-making. Embedding the world of research within the world of public policy can reap significant benefits by arming…
ISIS raid gives Biden a foreign policy win as Ukraine, midterms loom
The US raid in Syria that led to the death of Islamic State’s leader is a much-needed national security win for President Joe Biden after the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan…
Coronavirus and economic policy
First of all it makes sense to realize that the COVID-19 just did not hit the world from out of the blue. In fact, according to a research article ‘Coronavirus:…
Budget-making in a pandemic
Pakistan’s economy which was already in the intensive care unit (ICU), has since February this year gone into a tailspin deepening further the on-going recession induced earlier by an IMF-…
Global policy post-Covid-19
There were already discussions gaining momentum since the Global Financial Crisis 2007/08 in many policy corners of economy and politics globally – but still remained far from reaching any meaningful…
Economic policy choices beyond immediate crisis — III
The part-II of this series highlighted limits of monetary policy and the need for fiscal policy to take the main load of regenerating growth in the economy as the multiplier…
A new digital world in the making
Measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have compelled many countries in the world both developed and developing to access digital technologies, as much as one could, at an accelerated pace,…
