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,…
MPS, decision-making and accurate data
Monetary policy decision is tomorrow. Majority of market participants are expecting the policy rate to be maintained at 7 percent. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has eased the policy…
Approach to policy
THE first and most fundamental step in addressing any policy challenge is to accurately define the problem. This is because a nuanced understanding of the constraints at play will already…
Foreign policy challenges ahead
FIVE key areas will be the main focus of Pakistan’s foreign policy in the year ahead. Relations with China and the US while navigating the Sino-US confrontation, dealing with Afghanistan’s…
Making sense of PTI’s defeat
One should reconcile with the fact that only change is permanent in the world. The defeat of the ruling party in recent LG polls in some tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
National security policy
A nation’s national security policy (NSP) is a national vade mecum or ‘grand national strategy’ which helps draft various sectoral strategies or policies which lead to operational strategies and action…
