The study assesses the impact of privatisation on employment and output in Pakistan by using edible oil and cement sectors for a case study. Though the term privatisation has broad connotations, it stands for the transfer of ownership to the private sector in Pakistan. By the end of 2000, the...

Based on national surveys of women entrepreneurs and micro-finance clients in Nepal (135 clients) and Pakistan (104 clients). Examines the impact of micro-finance and microenterprise development on the economic and possible social empowerment of women in the two countries, highlighting...

In this paper, we study the potential determinates of the capital structure of non-financial firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange. We analyse a sample of 445 firms listed on the KSE for the period 1997-2001. We have chosen tangibility of assets, size, firm growth rate, and profitability as...

This study examines relationship between measures of working capital management and corporate profitability. Working capital management is an important element of financial management for many firms as they make significant investment in working capital components. Applying fixed effect...

This study examines the relationship between corporate governance and technical efficiency of listed commercial banks of Pakistan over the period 2008-2015. The study employs a two-stage methodology. In the first stage, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been used to compute the technical...

Financial system of a country is an important system in its economy. The sustainability and growth of banking sector is critical for development of the financial sector as well as economic growth. Economic development of a country is reflected through the soundness of its banking system....

This paper investigates the outreach, performance, and a trade-off between both outreach & performance of microfinance banks in Pakistan. The sample consists of five scheduled microfinance banks and data ranging from 2008 to 2014, collected from the Mix Market international database. Using 13...