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  • A STRONGER SOCIAL DIMENSION FOR GLOBALIZATION 
    GERRY RODGERS (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    There is widespread concern that the current pattern of globalization does not adequately support major social goals such as employment and social protection. The World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, ...
  • THE KASHMIR-HAZARA EARTHQUAKE, 2005: WHY, HOW AND WHAT NEXT 
    MUNIR GHAZANFAR (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    The 7.6 magnitude shallow focus earthquake of October 8, 2005, with an epicenter few km NNE of Muzaffarabad, Kashmir, changed the lives and perceptions of the affected millions as well as of those not so affected. This ...
  • REPRESENTATION, PARTICIPATION, EMPOWERMENT Assessment of Devolution in Union Council, Bhangali 
    MUNEER AHMAD (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    This is a piece of process research which studies the much publicized devolution of governance plan in the microcosm of union council Bhangali in the district of Lahore. The structure and operation of devolution at the ...
  • DEVELOPING AN ISLAMIC WORLD VIEW: AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF AN ISLAMIC EDUCATION 
    ASAD ZAMAN (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    A traditional Islamic education develops an Islamic outlook to life but does not prepare the student assimilate developments over the past three or four centuries, in particular Western knowledge. A modern Western education ...
  • Returns to Education and Gender Differentials in Wages in Pakistan 
    Masood Sarwar Awan; Zakir Hussain (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-12)
    Education is one of the most important factors in human development. The data from two household surveys were used to estimate the returns to education and gender disparities in wages in Pakistan. The model, an extension ...
  • The Value of Rainfall Forecasts in the Rainfed Rice Areas of the Philippines 
    Abedullah; Sushil Pandey (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-12)
    The value of rainfall forecasts for rainfed rice production in the Philippines is estimated under the assumption that farmers adjust the quantities of fertilizer and labor if rainfall forecasts are available. Using a panel ...
  • Exchange Market Pressure and Monetary Policy 
    M. Idrees Khawaja (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-12)
    The study employs the Girton and Roper (1977) measure of exchange market pressure (defined as the sum of exchange rate depreciation and foreign reserves outflow), to examine the interaction between exchange market pressure ...
  • Estimating and Forecasting Volatility of Financial Time Series in Pakistan with GARCH-type Models 
    G.R. Pasha; Tahira Qasim; Muhammad Aslam (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-12)
    In this paper we compare the performance of different GARCH models such as GARCH, EGARCH, GJR and APARCH models, to characterize and forecast financial time series volatility in Pakistan. The comparison is carried out by ...
  • The Incidence of Government Expenditures on Education and Health 
    Ahmed Nawaz Hakro; Muhammed Akram (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-12)
    This paper has analyzed the incidence of government expenditures on health and education by using the benefit incidence approach. Recent household level data from the Pakistan Standards of Living Measures (PSLM) has been ...
  • Smallholders’ Access to Rural Credit 
    Shehla Amjad; SAF Hasnu (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-12)
    This paper presents an analysis of smallholders’ access to rural credit and the cost of borrowing using survey data from Pakistan. Rural credit in Pakistan comes from formal and various informal sources. The tenure status, ...
  • Long-Run and Short-Run Dynamics of the Exchange Rate in Pakistan: Evidence From Unrestricted Purchasing Power Parity Theory 
    Muhammad Arshad Khan; Abdul Qayyum (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2008-06)
    The main focus of this paper is to measure the speed of adjustment of the exchange rate by means of the persistent profile approach developed by Pesaran and Shin (1996) to examine the symmetry and proportionality assumptions ...
  • The Determinants of Capital Structure of the Chemical Industry in Pakistan 
    Muhammad Rafiq; Asif Iqbal; Muhammad Atiq (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2008-06)
    This study is an attempt to determine the capital structure of listed firms in the chemical industry of Pakistan. The study finds that by studying a specific industry's capital structure, one can ascertain unique attributes, ...
  • Apple Market Integration: Implications for Sustainable Agricultural Development 
    Khalid Mushtaq; Abdul Gafoor; Maula Dad (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2008-06)
    In a market driven economy, price signals guide and regulate production, consumption and marketing decisions over time, form and place. Identifying the causes of price differences in interregional or spatial markets has ...
  • A Case Study of Milk Processing 
    Khalid Riaz (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2008-06)
    The paper focuses on Idara-e-Kissan, a vertically integrated cooperative in the dairy sector, which procures fresh milk, processes it and uses the profits earned in urban milk product markets to provide development ...
  • Forecasting Wheat Production in Pakistan 
    Falak Sher; Eatzaz Ahmad (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2008-06)
    This study analyzes the future prospects of wheat production in Pakistan. Parameters of the forecasting model are obtained by estimating a Cobb-Douglas production function for wheat, while future values of various inputs ...
  • Human Capital and Economic Growth 
    Qaisar Abbas; James Foreman-Peck (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2008-06)
    This paper investigates the relationship between human capital and economic growth in Pakistan with aggregate time series data. Estimated with the Johansen (1991) approach, the fitted model indicates a critical role for ...
  • RELIGION AND GOVERNANCE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD: A Comparative Study of Muslim Countries 
    RIAZ HASSAN (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    The relationship between politics and religion in Muslim countries has become a much debated and discussed issue among scholars of Islam and Muslim societies. A commonly stated view of many Western and Muslim scholars ...
  • KALABAGH DAM AND THE WATER DEBATE IN PAKISTAN 
    MUNIR GHAZANFAR (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    Kalabagh Dam (KBD) project holds a unique place in Pakistan’s policy making history. It has generated significant heated debate and controversy for a very long time. Three out of the country’s four provinces have refused ...
  • THE DIALECTICS BETWEEN DIVERSITY AND UNITARIANISM IN PAKISTAN 
    SAJJAD NASEER (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    To seek unity amid diversity has been the eternal problem of India. The British succeeded in establishing a strong political centre to rule India formally for a century. The legacy of the British for central and south ...
  • MAKING PAKISTAN UNIVERSITIES CENTRES FOR RESEARCH A case study of the Centre for Solid State Physics 
    TARIQ ABDULLAH (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    In the last five years (2002-2007) under the directions of the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, a process of transforming Universities within Pakistan into research oriented Universities has been initiated. What ...

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