The analysis shows that the process of shifting the burden of stabilisation to the lower tiers of the government has seriously shrunk the capacity of the provincial governments to invest in social services. This has resulted in low social expenditures and, consequently, poor social conditions in...

The study examines the impact of reduction in tariff on industrial goods across households and on other broad macroeconomic aggregates. Using a CGE model framework, we analyse the impact of reduction in tariff on industrial goods. The model has 215 equations explaining the linkage among the...

Rural institutions were employed by governments in the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs during the mid-1960s for bringing about planned agricultural change in their respective regions. In spite of heavy intervention in agricultural input supplies and distribution (including credit) small farmers in...