This is a revised and extended version of “Compilation of Agricultural Production Data for India and Pakistan Areas, c.1900-1990,” COE Discussion Paper No. D99-24, February 2000, Hitotsubashi University

This research paper is a comparison between Pakistan Textile Industry and its neighboring countries in the very sector. This justifies Pakistans current place with her neighbors in Textile Industry particularly after lifting of trade restrictions from WTO and MFA. This study will help in...

This study investigates the effect of oil price on financial development of four oil importing countries India, Pakistan, China and Bangladesh from 2000 to 2022. The study uses three proxies to measure financial development and different control variables were also used to control the effect of...

Despite the professed claims of microcredit alleviating poverty, little is known about what kind of credit contract is suitable for extremely poor households, also called the ultra-poor. To fill this knowledge gap, we initiated a field experiment in the river islands of northern Bangladesh,...

The mismatch between credit repayments and income seasonality poses a challenge for microfinance institutions (MFIs) working in developing countries. For instance, in northern Bangladesh, income and consumption downfalls during the lean season after the transplanting of major paddy crops are a...