Innovation and Letting the fox Guard the Chicken Coop
The proposed legislation on the functioning of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) being reported in the public press is extremely controversial.
Seventeen universities to join the WTO’s Chairs Programme
Seventeen universities from least-developed and developing country members have been selected as new members of the WTO’s Chairs Programme,
Innovation in the Textile Sector of Lahore Differences Between Exporters and Non-Exporters 2021
The textile sector of Pakistan lacks innovation as a majority of small and medium-scale players cannot afford the investment needed to upgrade technology in their business units.
Decrease in GDP rate led to net job loss of 0.7m: report
The Lahore School of Economics, macro model for the Pakistan economy estimated that GDP growth over the calendar year 2020, has been a contraction of -1.5 percentage points led to a net job loss of 0.7 million.
State of the Pakistan Economy Growth, Jobs, Welfare and Macro Policy in Pakistan in 2020
The net job losses in Pakistan were estimated at 0.7 million in 2020 as the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth became negative 1.5% in the wake of lockdowns imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19.
CPEC international agreement Need for language planning and policy (part I)
The agreement to create the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was formally signed in 2015 between the two governments of China and Pakistan.
Will IMF learn?
IT is now over eight months since the last IMF review in February 2020, and the next tranche of payment due as part of the IMF programme that Pakistan signed in July 2019 is still not forthcoming.
IMPACT OF COVID ON PAKISTANI EXPORTS: A SURVEY OF EXPORTERS
Pakistan's exporting firms did not report a significant change in the value of their export goods despite Covid-19 as decrease in demand was largely neutralised by higher prices for some of the goods.
Shrinking GDP, growing poverty
During the there-month lockdown due to the coronavirus Pakistan’s annual GDP growth for the calendar year 2020 is expected to contract by 3.2pc and job losses is estimated at 1.6 million.
Immediate policy options for countering the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Pakistan’s economy must focus on Poverty June 20th 2020
We have earlier estimated the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on Pakistan’s GDP and employment.