The Interconnected Challenges of Neoliberal Capitalism in Pakistan The escalating cost of living, rising unemployment, and the specter of stagflation-all intertwined with the limitations of growth-are symptoms of a larger crisis rooted in neoliberal capitalism. This predicament is not exclusive to a par...
On the structural side, the country has a severe energy crisis, distortionary utility prices and distribution and political stalemate to engage in any serious economic and political reforms. In this paper, we document the key challenges to the economy and suggest policy solutions. We argue that ...
The Pakistani government suspended cell phone services, citing a need to preserve order with unrest widely anticipated. Critics and opposition parties, however, said the communications blackout was really an attempt to suppress the vote, as many Pakistanis use cellular services to determine the...
Vaqar Ahmed, Joint Executive Director at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, while talking to Xinhua, discussed various economic challenges the country is currently facing. He said "balance of payments is a major crisis the incumbent government is confronting at the moment." According to th...
The government has a lot of economic challenges, and improving economy seems to be a very hard task for the financial team, but it is making efforts to recover the staggering economy, and the recent World Bank report is an indicator that the efforts have started to bear fruit. ...
The simplest definition of the middle class is a group of people in a society who are neither rich nor poor. The middle class has always been considered vital to a country's political stability and economic growth. The rich and the poor simply distrust each other too much to let the other...
This paper describes the reasons behind the crisis in energy sector and the actual status of the energy supply demand gap. With old infrastructure and incr... HB Khalil,N Abas - IEEE 被引量: 5发表: 2014年 Pakistan's Power Crisis: Challenges and the Way Forward This paper describes the re...
. The power sector of Pakistan in particular merits mention due to its overall significance for industrial development and economic growth. This sector faces numerous challenges like expensive fuel mix, unreliable supply, and high circular debt. More than 40% of electricity generation is from ...
Pakistan’s push to curb armed militant groups in the wake of a standoff with India that brought the nuclear-armed neighbors close to war reflected an urgent need for stability to meet growing economic challenges, Prime Minister Imran Khan said. ...
The eagerness of China to influence the Afghan peace process in order to secure its economic interests in the region will no doubt face challenges as well. The primary challenge is to sustain the Afghan government. China needs to consider the complicated realities in Afghanistan and devise a wise...