This paper analyses the role of institutions in enhancing the economic efficiencies across countries in a two stage Double Bootstrap DEA framework based on nonparametric frontier analysis as proposed by Simar and Wilson (2007). In the first stage, cross country workers' efficiency is estimated...

This paper used index of institutionalized social technologies (lIST) developed by Siddiqui and Ahmed (2018) as a proxy of institutions quality, to analyse their impact on Economic growth. This index was made up of two sub-indices namely Risk reducing technologies and Anti Rent seeking...

This study examines how institutional indicators influence economic growth in a theoretical framework proposed by North (1981). Thirty-one indicators each covering 84 countries over a span of 5 years have been used to extract factors based on principal component analysis. Factors based on these...

This study reviewed the literature on sustainable economic growth and institutions in the context of developed and less developed countries specifically Pakistan. It also surveyed the studies conducted to empirically asses the validity of neo classical convergence. This review have clearly...

This paper explores the trends in globalization especially financial sectors liberalization as promoted by international donor agencies and its impact on developing world with special emphasis on Pakistan. The paper highlights the shortcomings in policy implications of promoting financial...

This paper analyzes the long-run dynamics between quality of institutions measured by recently developed Index of institutionalized social technologies, and Economic performance in the sample of 84 countries covering the period 2002-2006. Panel cointegration tests and FM OLS (Fully Modified OLS)...

Financial inclusion is considered as the befitting support to help in economic development. This inclusion’s getting a wide spectrum of understanding after different researchers and policymakers delving into the interest of financial inclusion, its direct and indirect association with the...