Policy in Pakistan has been fairly path-dependant, placing a higher weight on export promotion and domestic industrialisation development than on domestic commerce. Yet domestic commerce is growing rapidly, and quite possibly is the largest sector in the economy. This paper argues that a more...

This paper analyses the incidence of chronic and transitory poverty in Pakistan in both urban and rural settings. The findings of this study are that rural poverty is more severe and also chronic as compared to transitory poverty in urban centres. The main factor behind the phenomenon is the...

Panel household surveys study the dynamics for individual households, including their well-being, child schooling, and labour market dynamics, and they can also be used to observe who benefits or loses from general economic development. The MIMAP panel survey, covering 300 households in 60...

This study attempts to provide an analytical answer to the important economic issue of whether workers’ remittances contributed to economic growth in Pakistan during the period 1972-73 to 2002-03. The quantitative evidence shows that workers’ remittances appeared to be an important source of...