Poverty cannot be tackled without having credible data and figures related to poverty incidence in Pakistan. Poverty reduction has been a major official development objective in the country over the past many years. Critics however blame the governments for downplaying …
Read More »Boom in economic activities through Gwadar deep-sea port
It is dichotomous to compare Chabahar port of Iran with Gwadar deep-sea port of Pakistan. Iran, India, Afghanistan as well as Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan would primarily benefit from Chabahar port, located on the Makran coast of Sistan and Balochistan province, …
Read More »A Real Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence is always high in the economies where there is justified wealth distribution and there is trickle-down effect of the policies of the government. And it is vice versa otherwise. Spending pattern of the middle class is the driver …
Read More »Pakistan Exports Up Last Month; Kinnow And Rice Likely To Get Boost
Economists believe that growth in exports open various opportunities for any nation’s economy because exports are a main component of Gross Domestic Products (GDP). EXPORT RECEIPTS BY FOOD GROUP (Thousand US Dollar) Details Jan-18 (P) Feb-18 (P) Mar-18 (P) Apr-18 …
Read More »History tells us we’ve got GDP wrong. Here’s why
It’s been nearly 80 years since British economists James Meade and Richard Stone devised a method of national income accounting that would become the global standard. Today, we call it a country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Their method was intended to …
Read More »Pakistan Among World’s Top Generous Nations
A new study reveals that Pakistan is one of the most charitable nations. It contributes more than one percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to charity, the Stanford Social Innovation Review reported. Pakistan comes into the ranks of far …
Read More »Highlights of economic survey FY18
A Report by Topline Securities Limited Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance published the Annual Pakistan Economic Survey for FY18. As per the Economic Survey, Pakistan’s GDP grew by 5.8% in fiscal year ending June 2018 (FY18), after 13 years, compared to …
Read More »All growth strategies need to be inclusive of quality dimension
Almost all developing economies including Pakistan have earnest quest for high growth rate for achieving all sustainable developmental goals (SDGs), which focus on improving quality of life on the globe as a whole, but unfortunately majority of the nations have …
Read More »CPEC emerging opportunities likely to drive Pakistan’s GDP growth
Developing an understanding about the nature and economic drivers of Pakistan is crucial to critical thinking about its impact on the economy. However, one needs to look at a more complete picture. The purpose of this article is to analyze …
Read More »Pakistan’s economic review 2018
In this year high GDP growth in Pakistan will help control the inflation. There is increase in macro sectors of the economy with massive CPEC investment and an improvement in security and power supply. The acceleration in economic growth may …
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