Competitiveness and Pakistan: A Dangerous, Distorting, and Dead-End Obsession?

dc.contributor.author	Matthew McCartney
dc.date.accessioned	2014-08-19T04:24:47Z
dc.date.available	2014-08-19T04:24:47Z
dc.date.issued	2012-09
dc.identifier.citation	The Lahore School of Economics, Vol.17 : SE	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	ISSN 1811-5446
dc.identifier.uri	http://121.52.153.179/Volume.html
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6027
dc.description	PP.29, ill.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Competitiveness has become a mantra and organizing framework for much government policymaking in Pakistan and beyond. Rarely does anyone question the concept and use of the competitiveness paradigm itself. Krugman (1994) argues that this ”obsession with competitiveness is both wrong and dangerous.” This article draws from Krugman’s work and examines the use (or abuse) of the concept of competitiveness in the context of contemporary Pakistan. We focus on three recent and influential reports on competitiveness in Pakistan by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and Competitiveness Support Fund, and agree	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	© Lahore School of Economics	en_US
dc.subject	Competitiveness	en_US
dc.subject	Policy	en_US
dc.title	Competitiveness and Pakistan: A Dangerous, Distorting, and Dead-End Obsession?	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US