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Browsing Academic Articles in Lahore School of Economics Journals by Subject "Pakistan"

Browsing Academic Articles in Lahore School of Economics Journals by Subject "Pakistan"

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  • Pakistan’s Quest for a New Growth Vent: Lessons from History 
    Ijaz Nabi (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-09)
    This article argues that a new growth vent in Pakistan requires tapping into external lucrative markets in a manner that will create multiple entre-ports for growth. Such a growth vent will enable the country to achieve a ...
  • Patronage in Rural Punjab: Evidence from a New Household Survey Dataset 
    Azam Chaudhry; Kate Vyborny (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    The intervention of local elites is often cited as an impediment to policy implementation in many developing countries. In this paper, we present initial results from an original primary household dataset from eight ...
  • Patterns of Export Diversification 
    Hamna Ahmed; Naved Hamid (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2014-09)
    This paper examines historical trends in the diversification of exports in Pakistan, using the Hirschman index to quantify the degree of export diversification. We analyze the structure of exports through the lens of ...
  • POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY IN PAKISTAN AN ASSESSMENT OF PRMP 2003-2008 
    MUNEER AHMAD (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-05)
    The government of Punjab initiated many measures to reorient its administration in the late 1990s to improve service delivery to the poor. In late 2003 the government of Punjab sought ADB’s support for public resource ...
  • Poverty, Income Inequality, and Growth in Pakistan: A Pooled Regression Analysis 
    Ahmed Raza Cheema; Maqbool H. Sial (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-12)
    This study estimates a set of fixed effects/random effects models to ascertain the long-run relationships between poverty, income inequality, and growth using pooled data from eight household income and expenditure ...
  • Preparing Women of Substance? Education, Training, and Labor Market Outcomes for Women in Pakistan 
    Monazza Aslam; Shenila Rawal (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    This paper investigates the economic (i.e., labor market) outcomes of “training” for individuals in Pakistan. The labor market benefits of general education have been relatively well explored in the literature and ...
  • The Productivity Growth–Technology–Entrepreneurship Nexus: Implications for Pakistan 
    Irfan ul Haque (© Lahore School of Economics, 2016-09)
    Labor productivity growth has received scant attention in Pakistan even though it is the foundation of rising living standards and a country’s ability to compete in the world market. Productivity rises when producers invest ...
  • The Prospects for Indo-Pakistan Trade 
    Hafiz A. Pasha; Muhammad Imran (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-09)
    This article analyzes the volume and pattern of India–Pakistan trade given the extent of trade complementarity between the two countries and, in the presence of a restricted positive list of imports from India, the tariff ...
  • Provincial Rights and Responsibilities 
    Shahid Javed Burki (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2010-09)
    This article suggests that Pakistan requires a different development paradigm. The analysis begins by giving a quick overview of some of the larger economies of the region and assesses the divisions that have developed ...
  • Public Policy, Innovation and Economic Growth: An Economic and Technological Perspective on Pakistan’s Telecom Industry 
    Musleh Ud Din; Inayat Ullah Mangla; Muhammad Jamil (© Lahore School of Economics, 2016-09)
    At a time of rapid technological advancements in every field, Pakistan must develop a comprehensive strategy for harnessing science and technology to promote economic growth on a sustained basis. In recent decades, successful ...
  • The Public School System in Sindh: Empirical Insights 
    Salman Asim (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    This paper presents descriptive statistics on the government school education system in Sindh. The data are obtained from the latest administrative annual school census in Sindh (2011/12). The province’s schooling system ...
  • A Qualitative Analysis of Pakistan’s External and Internal Debt 
    Eatzaz Ahmad (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-09)
    This paper discusses how poor debt management combined with the policies of donor agencies (particularly the IMF) have brought on the present domestic and foreign debt crises. The paper presents a qualitative account of ...
  • Reconstructing the Performance of Pakistan’s Political Economy 
    Inayat Ullah Mangla (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-06)
    This paper looks at the major factors limiting economic growth in Pakistan. The paper then analyzes the structural problems faced by Pakistan today and goes on to discuss the challenges facing monetary policy makers in ...
  • RESTRUCTURING THE STOCK EXCHANGES IN PAKISTAN: ECONOMIC AND REGULATORY POLICY ISSUES 
    JAMSHED Y. UPPAL (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    The ongoing global financial crisis has forced a paradigm shift in the thinking about the role of free-markets and public regulation which calls for a re-evaluation of the economic and development policies throughout the ...
  • Reviewing Pakistan’s Import Demand Function 
    Zunia Saif Tirmazee; Resham Naveed (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2014-09)
    This paper investigates the conventional import demand function for Pakistan using time-series data sourced from the World Development Indicators for the period 1970 to 2010. Using a vector error correction model and ...
  • Same Jeans, Same Stitch? A Comparison of Denim Production Across Three Factories in Punjab, Pakistan 
    Theresa Thompson Chaudhry; Mahvish Faran (© Lahore School of Economics, 2016-09)
    In this paper, we look at denim production in three different factories in Punjab, Pakistan. We map the manufacturing process for a standard pair of denim jeans produced for an international retailer. We asked three factories ...
  • Science and Technology for Raising Income: The Choice of Activities, the State and the Private Sector 
    Sikander Rahim (© Lahore School of Economics, 2016-09)
    Pakistan’s lack of industrial progress over decades should be cause for concern about the future. The goods the economy produces competitively are the typical goods that yield so little income that they are only exported ...
  • SOCIAL PROFILE OF HIGHER BUREAUCRACY IN PAKISTAN 
    MUNEER AHMAD (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    In this paper an attempt has been made to delineate the characteristic social background of a typical civil servant in Pakistan. For this purpose the data on social background of the civil servants of the first twenty-five ...
  • The Socioeconomic Impact of a Customized Lending Program for Furniture Clusters in Chiniot, Punjab 
    Sajjad Mubin; Shazia Mudassir Ali; M. Ubaid Iqbal (© Lahore School of Economics, 2015-12)
    This study evaluates a Punjab Government development project titled “Customized Lending Program for Furniture Cluster at Chiniot.” The project was implemented by the Punjab Government’s Small Industries Corporation at a ...
  • Sri Lanka’s Free Trade Agreements with India and Pakistan: Are They Leading Bilateral Trade Beyond Normalcy? 
    Sirimal Abeyratne (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-09)
    Bilateralism arises as a “second-best” option when countries seek benefits beyond those of regional approaches to free trade and those of unilateral liberalization. In spite of the regional initiatives for free trade in ...

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