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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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  • Stagflation, the Labor Market Impact, and the Poverty Puzzle in Pakistan: A Preliminary Analysis 
    Rashid Amjad (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-09)
    This article discusses the impact of the current stagflation in Pakistan on the labor market and poverty. The paper presents a preliminary explanation of why the labor market and poverty impact of the current stagflation ...
  • The State of Health in Pakistan An Overview 
    Uzma Afzal; Anam Yusuf (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    Although the Millennium Development Goals provide countries with wellrounded objectives for achieving human development over a period of 25 years, Pakistan is not on track to achieving the health-related goals. With the ...
  • The Statistical Value of Injury Risk in Pakistan’s Construction and Manufacturing Sectors 
    Ahmad Mujtaba Khan; Asma Hyder (© Lahore School of Economics, 2017)
    Although health and safety regulations are a key aspect of labor market policy making, very few studies have examined compensating wage differentials and the statistical value of injury in Pakistan’s context. This study ...
  • Struggling against the Odds of Poverty, Access, and Gender: Secondary Schooling for Girls in Pakistan 
    Zeba A. Sathar; Asif Wazir; Maqsood Sadiq (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    While schooling outcomes for girls have improved over the period 2001–11, progress has been uneven within Pakistan. Rural girls lag far behind urban girls and progress across the provinces remains unequal. The transition ...
  • Technology in the Sialkot Gloves Manufacturing Sector 
    Saba Firdousi (© Lahore School of Economics, 2016-09)
    This paper uses a unique sample of sports glove manufacturers from Sialkot to develop an index of technological sophistication. The data shows that total factor productivity (TFP) and total revenue productivity (TRP) cluster ...
  • Terms-of-Trade Volatility and Inflation in Pakistan 
    Kiran Ijaz; Muhammad Zakaria; Bashir A. Fida (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-06)
    This empirical study examines the effects of terms-of-trade (TOT) volatility on inflation in Pakistan, using annual data for the period 1972 to 2012. The results show that TOT volatility has a significant negative effect ...
  • Terms-of-Trade Volatility and Inflation in Pakistan 
    Kiran Ijaz; Muhammad Zakaria; Bashir A; Fida (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2014-06)
    This empirical study examines the effects of terms-of-trade (TOT) volatility on inflation in Pakistan, using annual data for the period 1972 to 2012. The results show that TOT volatility has a significant negative effect ...
  • The Textiles and Garments Sector 
    Naved Hamid; Ijaz Nabi; Rafia Zafar (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2014-09)
    The textiles and garments (T&G) sector accounts for almost 50% of Pakistan’s exports and is the largest component of manufacturing. T&G sector, because of recent favorable developments for the industry in Pakistan and the ...
  • Toward a Heterodox Approach: Reconciling Stabilization and Economic Growth in Pakistan 
    Irfan ul Haque; Sahar Amjad (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-09)
    This article attempts to show that a strategy for accelerated growth for Pakistan is both necessary and feasible. Pakistan’s macroeconomic conditions are broadly similar to some of its more rapidly growing neighbors. The ...
  • The Trade Potential of Pakistan 
    Nazia Gul; Hafiz M. Yasin (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-06)
    This paper attempts to estimate Pakistan’s trade potential, using the gravity model of trade. Panel data for the period 1981-2005 across 42 countries is employed in the analysis. The coefficients obtained from the model ...
  • Two Social Protection Programs in Pakistan 
    Ijaz Nabi (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    Pakistan has launched two far reaching social protection programs. The federal government’s Benazir Income Support Program has, at its core, an unconditional cash grant for the poorest households. Responding to the ...
  • The Value of Export Incentives 
    Imtiaz Ahmad (© Lahore School of Economics, 2015-12)
    This study develops a methodology for the comparative analysis of industry-specific export incentives. The impact of different export incentives extended to the textiles sector in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh is analyzed ...
  • What Does Pakistan Have to Join the Inflation Targeters’ Club—a Royal Flush or a Seven-Deuce Offsuit? 
    Syed Kumail Abbas Rizvi; Bushra Naqvi; Sayyid Salman Rizavi (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-12)
    The economic and institutional structure required to successfully adopt and implement an inflation targeting framework (ITF) is often lacking in emerging economies. This paper evaluates these structures both qualitatively ...
  • WHY DOES PAKISTAN REQUIRE A MORE CRITICAL APPROACH TO THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM 
    ABID ALI; TARIQ ABDULLAH (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-05)
    Clean Development is intended to tackle the dumping of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that has accompanied fossil fuel driven development in both countries of the North and the South. Per capita GHG emissions are ...
  • Why Scientific Research is Imperative for Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Pakistan 
    Bilal U. Haq (© Lahore School of Economics, 2016-09)
    Indigenous scientific research is vital for a country’s long-term economic growth. The simple transference of technology or acquisition of expertise ultimately has developmental limitations. Examples from the hydrocarbon ...
  • WOMEN IN URBAN INFORMAL SECTOR: LABOUR PROTECTION POLICY CONCERNS 
    RANA EJAZ ALI KHAN; TASNIM KHAN (© Lahore School of Economics, 2011-10)
    This paper looks at the conditions of the informal sector working women of Bahawalpur city in southern Punjab in the perspective of Labour Protection Policy of the Government of Pakistan. It is thus as much a study of ...
  • The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement 
    Mohammad Saeed (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2014-09)
    Recognizing that trade facilitation has contributed significantly to reducing costs and time in cross-border trade, World Trade Organization (WTO) members adopted the new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) at the last ...

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