Academic Articles in Lahore School of Economics Journals: Recent submissions

  • 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 Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Markets in Pakistan 
    Rizwana Bashir; Rabia Shakir; Badar Ashfaq; Atif Hassan (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2014-06)
    This study investigates the empirical relationship between spot and forward exchange rate efficiency with reference to Pakistan and the efficiency of its foreign exchange market. We use monthly data from the State Bank of ...
  • Determinants of School Choice: Evidence from Rural Punjab, Pakistan 
    Hamna Ahmed; Sahar Amjad Sheikh (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-06)
    The objective of this study is to understand why parents in rural areas of Punjab, Pakistan, choose to send their children to private schools when free public schools are available. The study utilizes the Privatization in ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • EDUCATION REFORM IN PUNJAB A DECENTRALISED GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS 
    MUHAMMAD AHSAN RANA (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-05)
    Improving the quality of public sector education and increasing its coverage is a complex challenge in Pakistan mainly because of the very large number of schools, inherently diverse requirements of various levels and types ...
  • LANGUAGE POLICY, LANGUAGES IN EDUCATION, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION IN PAKISTAN 
    TAYYABA TAMIM (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-05)
    The paper is based on some key findings of a wider 3-year research study funded by Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP). This in-depth qualitative study used multiple case study method to capture ...
  • POWERKNOWLEDGE AND ECONOMIC THEORIES 
    ASAD ZAMAN (© Lahore School of Economics, 2011-10)
    It is widely believed that human knowledge represents valuable information about the world we live in. Historical studies of Michel Foucault led to the striking conclusion that human knowledge cannot be separated from the ...
  • MODERNIZATION, SOCIAL CHANGE AND RELIGION: A CASE STUDY OF THE ISLAMIC UMMAH 
    RIAZ HASSAN (© Lahore School of Economics, 2011-10)
    In this paper I explore the impact of modernization and social change on the Islamic ummah (community of believers) and how they are shaping the emerging struggle between ‘hybridity’ and ‘authenticity’ among Muslims and ...
  • 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 MIRROR AND THE LAMP COLONIAL EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN 19TH CENTURY PUNJAB 
    ATIYAB SULTAN (© Lahore School of Economics, 2011-10)
    Recently, education in colonial India has generated considerable and varied academic interest. Bayly’s seminal work on knowledge and information gathering extended the discussion on knowledge systems in India beyond the ...
  • THE ENVIRONMENTAL CASE OF SINDH 
    MUNIR GHAZANFAR (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    This study documents the deteriorating riverine environment of Sindh. Previous studies have also highlighted this issue but the referencing and documentation is generally fragmentary. The environmental case of Sindh is ...
  • CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT AND AID EFFECTIVENESS 
    FAYYAZ BAQIR (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    Civil society1 has played a very important role in Pakistan’s transition from elitist to participatory development culture. This transition has called in to question the assumptions about the role of government in promoting ...
  • CULTURAL SEGMENTATION OF PAKISTANI WOMEN 
    MOHAMMAD A. QADEER (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    Social change is a ubiquitous process. The post-colonial societies have attempted to accelerate the process of social change through the project of national development. This often results in the increased social ...
  • 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 ...
  • ORIENTALISM AND PAKISTAN 
    ZAHID SHARIFF (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    The assumptions and practices associated with Orientalism were essential elements in the domination of colonial and post-colonial societies. Despite the long history of struggles against such oppression, no one else provided ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • ON IMPROVING SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN 
    ASAD ZAMAN (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    How do we arrest the decline of the social sciences in Pakistan? Is it a matter of money or one of sending more students to the West who might then return to teaching at the local universities? In this article I argue ...

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