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1992/93 and 2007/08 in Pakistan. The results show that growth and inequality play significant roles in affecting poverty … poverty, income inequality, and growth using pooled data from eight household income and expenditure surveys conducted between … positive impact on inequality. The results also show that the absolute magnitude of net growth elasticity of poverty is smaller …
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While economic growth has been cited as one of the main factors behind the reduction in absolute poverty, the … persisting problem of poverty in developing countries has raised doubts about the efficacy of economic growth in its reduction …. Recent evidence revealed that growth in Asia has been accompanied by an increase in relative poverty, or income inequality …
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This paper analyses the relationship between financial development (as measured by expansion of domestic credit to private sector relative to GDP) and growth for a sample of 65 less developed countries over a long period, 1980-2006. Using causality tests at various lag-orders we find a strong...
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We show that contract-intensive industries particularly thrive both in countries with high initial level of financial development and in the US states that deregulated their banking sector. These industries use high share of relationship-specific inputs that can be purchased only via specific...
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We show that contract-intensive industries grow disproportionately faster both in countries with a high initial level of financial development and in the US states which deregulated their banking sector. These industries use a high share of relationship-specific inputs that can be purchased only...
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This paper examines the prospects of expanding bilateral trade between Pakistan and China particularly in the context …
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categories—in the case of nonfinancial listed firms in Pakistan for the period 2008–10. We make a significant distinction between …
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categories—in the case of nonfinancial listed firms in Pakistan for the period 2008–10. We make a significant distinction between …
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implications for Pakistan. It points out that this development is fundamentally contrary to the principle of most … Pakistan. The paper discusses the various preferential trade agreements Pakistan has already signed. It notes that, with the … exception of its trade agreement with China, Pakistan has not succeeded in concluding preferential trading arrangements with any …
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This paper investigates the relationship between exports and economic growth in Pakistan by utilizing the analytical …-export sectors of the Pakistan economy is tested by using time series from 1973 to 2005. The estimation results indicate that …
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