This study finds that the manufacturing sector of Pakistan has experienced a slight decline in total factor productivity, which can be attributed to various distortions such as over-employment in public sector, misdirected pricing policies and lack of financial discipline. The study further...

This study analyses the trends in polarisation in Pakistan, in its rural and urbansegments and its provinces, at the micro level during the period 1992-93 to 2001-02. Estimations are mede by using the Bossert-Schworm measure (2006). The study finds fluctuating trends. In general, polarisation...

This paper aims to construct a bi-directional, financial liberalization index for Pakistan by considering various financial policy indicators (reforms). This study, by employing the principal component analysis method over a period of 1980-2018 (39 years), aims to determine the composite outcome...