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This Development Policy Review describes, and evaluates the Government of Pakistan's policies, in six critical areas …
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January 2014. Pakistan is on track to meet a fiscal deficit target of 4.8 percent of GDP in FY15. The newly elected government … supported by the IMF, the World Bank and other donors. At present, Pakistan is facing three sources of risk: first is the …
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Pakistan's growth accelerated in FY16, driven by consumption while investment remained low. Exports continued to fall … when soft global demand exacerbated the effects of Pakistan's long-term decline in competitiveness. After achieving …
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Pakistan's economy continues to grow strongly, emerging as one of the top performers in South Asia. Beneath the surface … governments also have a part to play. The special sections of this update analyze some of the specific challenges facing Pakistan …
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African Development Indicators 2004 provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available in one volume. It contains more than 500 macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators, covering 53 African countries with data from 1970-2002. The book is grouped into 15 chapters: background...
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"The relationship between wealth and child labor has been widely examined. This paper uses three rounds of time-series, cross-sectional data to examine the relationship between wealth and child labor and schooling. The paper finds that wealth is crucial in determining a child's activities, but...
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earthquakes: Gujarat, India, in 2001; North-West Frontier, Pakistan, in 2005; and Izmit, Turkey, in 1999. There is evidence of a …
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