Innovation and Strategic Tariff Reduction to Increase Pakistan Exports: Leveraging Pakistan's Trade Policy with respect to China
Pakistan’s chronic trade deficit is the result of its dependence on low value-added agricultural and manufacturing export goods.
Economists see positive impact of Chinese investment
The impact of Chinese investment on Pakistan economy will be positive, and could be substantial with a comprehensive and sustained policy effort.
Political Connections Affect Development Spending in Punjab
Development related funding is critical for the long-term growth of any country, but the allocation of funds between politicians and different areas can vary due to various factors.
Need for Course Correction
IT is now a settled axiom in economics that a precondition for sustainable economic growth is macroeconomic stability.
Are All Pakistani Textile Firms Innovative?
With an extraordinary increase in access to information and new markets emerging in recent years, companies in developing countries experience a constantly changing landscape for their products.
Book launch - The Pakistani Diaspora
Center on International Migration, Remittances, and Diaspora (CIMRAD) organized a Book launch ‘The Pakistani Diaspora: Corridors of Opportunity and Uncertainty’ at the Lahore School of Economics.
Firms Experience Lower Growth, Investment
As Pakistan transitions from a low growth to a higher growth trajectory, the business community will have to take a leading role, especially for export promotion and employment generation.
What steps are needed to tackle the deterioration in Pakistan's trade balance and what are the expectations of the exporting sector firms about the impact of CPEC? : A Survey based of the Business Community of Lahore
There is an urgent need for the government to formulate a strategy to encourage local firms to expand and diversify their products and export markets, which is critical to stabilise the current balance of payments crisis in Pakistan.