This report compiles a latest social accounting matrix (SAM) of Pakistan for the year 1989-90. The SAM framework provides useful information about the structure of Pakistan’s economy. Within this framework, the preferred classifications of various accounts are undertaken according to the...

This article advances arguments in favour of the state collection of zakah by elucidating the public good character of the rationale for redistribution. It then explores the potential of zakah as poor due in comparison to that component of the state income transfers in the U.S. that are targeted...

This paper analyses impact of one of the major trade liberalisation policies of Structural Adjustment reforms, tariff rate reduction, on functional income distribution to households in Pakistan through CGE modelling, that is well known for this type of analysis. Using SAM-based CGE model,...

In this research paper The Beta Extreme Value Type (III) distribution which is developed by Zafar and Aleem (2007) is considered and parameters are estimated by using moments of the Beta-Extreme Value (Type III) Distribution when the parameters "m" & "n" are real and moments of the Beta-Extreme...

This paper presents the reliability and Quantile analysis of the Pareto distribution. The main interests are in the relationship between

In this empirical study, we have examined the impact of knowledge management on organizational innovation capacity. Ultimate objective of existing research was to explore the role of knowledge management in encouraging innovation capacity in SMEs. Furthermore, this study also described role of...

The literature reveals that most of the comparative studies have been conducted in the field of conventional versus Islamic banks while as much focus has not been paid to analyze comparative performance of Islamic banks across the countries and literature is scant in this area. This study...

The stagnant agriculture sector of the Fifties was transformed into a dynamic one in Pakistan by the technological breakthroughs made in the early Sixties. The installation of private tubewells, introduction of high-yielding varieties (HWs) for various crops, the rising use of chemical...

The agricultural labour force in Pakistan has been increasing rapidly due to population growth as well as a declining mortality rate. However, the share of the agricultural labour force to total labour force has been decreasing. The objective of this paper is to search for the factors...

The development of the two-gap model [Chenery and Bruno (1962); Chenery and Strout (1966); Mckinnon (1964); and Weisskopf (1972)] was an important contribution to the literature of economic development. The two-gap model deals with the interactions between the savings constraint and the foreign...