fluctuations in Pakistan and their importance has increased since September 11, 2001. The primary source of external shocks is …

share of total population on unemployment in Pakistan for the period from 1973 – 2010. Empirical findings of this study … suggest that financial development does reduce unemployment significantly in the short run and in the long run. Foreign direct … investment reduces unemployment in the long run but, it increases unemployment in the short run. Moreover; the urban population …

The Pakistan's Poverty Reduction Strategy and the Draft Medium Term Development Framework recognize that the most … these objectives can be made operational by examining the characteristics of the labour market in Pakistan. The first part … played a vital if not a decisive role in influencing poverty levels in Pakistan. The second part of the paper reviews the …

Development of methodology for deriving the monthly unemployment statistics directly from the quarterly Labour Force … allow assessment of short-term trends in unemployment measured according to the criteria of the International Labour …