highlighted in literature: institutions and geography. However, it remains controversial as to which of these two is the more … important. The “Institutions school” assigns primal importance to institutions, whereas the “Geography school” considers … their hypotheses. It concludes in favour of the Institutions hypothesis as the Geography school does not provide a …

In countries like Pakistan, where the macroeconomic situation remains uncertain and inflationary expectations always … results support gold as an effective hedge against inflation in Pakistan; since, the returns on gold investment exceeds its …

Since the spirit of Islam is in stark and violent conflict with the spirit of Capitalism, the form taken by … institutions designed to express this spirit must also be different. Capitalist financial institutions are designed to support the …, and spending on others, which is expressed by diverse, service-oriented institutions, radically different from those …

including Pakistan. Large masses living in this world particularly South Asian country (that is home to over one fifth of the … world’s population) is still striving for it. Pakistan, being a developing country, is no exclusion to that state. The … condition of sanitation and solid waste management (SWM) in the country carriages a grave challenge to health and hygiene. This …

market in Pakistan using weekly data from 02 July, 1997 to 04 July 2012. We have used Johansen cointegration test to … stock market in Pakistan. …

conflict across districts in Pakistan. While emphasising the need to collect better data on the intensity of violent conflict … in future studies on socio-economic drivers of violent conflict in Pakistan. … food insecurity, landlessness, unemployment, and human under-development—and the incidence of violent conflict as measured …

(RRWH). This study assesses the impact of RRWH system with special reference to women health in the hilly and earth quake … affected areas of Bagh and Battagram villages of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan … earthquake prone, hilly, and rural areas which are receiving comparatively high rain fall in Pakistan. …

Despite receiving large quantities of foreign aid, Pakistan, like many other developing countries, has remained … growth in Pakistan, though conditionally so, i.e., if based on sound macroeconomic policies. …