Despite convincing evidence of disparities in the provincial labour force, no satisfactory measure of human capital stock at the provincial level presently exists for Pakistan. This paper is motivated to fill the gap in policy analysis by estimating the human capital index (HCI) at the...

Pakistan's economy has grown faster on average than many other low- and middle-income countries over the past two decades. But several countries in Southeast Asia have fared even better. This paper focuses on factors that explain Pakistan's relative growth performance. In addition to more...