Islam proposes the replacement of an interest-based financial system with one which operates on the basis of risk and …

sharing. This paper describes the developments in Islamic banking in Iran and Pakistan. As these two countries have initiated …

Pakistan. We focus on critical areas of human (education and health) and physical (electricity, roads, and water and sanitation …) capital. For each sector, we document the progress to date, assess where Pakistan stands relative to its peers, highlight key … challenges, and estimate the additional spending required to make substantial progress. The estimates for the additional spending …

This paper focuses on two central issues related to the contrasting experiences of Malaysia and Pakistan regarding …. Malaysia, unlike Pakistan, was able to sustain rapid economic growth with equally impressive reduction in poverty because the …