The authors estimate changes in the distribution of household consumption expenditure in Namibia since Independence in … high levels of inequality. Decomposition analysis shows that poverty reduction in Namibia is largely driven by growth in …

series, has adopted three over-arching goals: economic growth, employment creation and reducing income inequality. To realise … Republic of Namibia (GRN) recognises the need for enhanced revenue mobilisation and has stated thus “the imperative to fund … Namibia, to identify its pace and its constraints for funding development projects. The main objective of the study is to …

This Working Paper presents an analysis into the adequacy of Pakistan's social protection response to the COVID-19 … protection system in Pakistan. It focuses on Ehsaas Emergency Cash (EEC) as the country's flagship initiative to attenuate the … economic context of the crisis in Pakistan and describes the country's social protection landscape. Furthermore, the paper …

builds a model of learning from experience and applies it using a rich dataset on cotton farmers in Pakistan. I test whether …

Quantitative studies estimate that potential two way trade between India and Pakistan can be about 10 times than its … examines the characteristics of firms engaged in Indo-Pakistan trade. It also estimates existing transport arrangement between … suggests that new rail and road links should be opened. Transaction costs of trading between India and Pakistan are high and …

This paper aims to identify the bilateral trade possibilities and non-tariff barriers between India and Pakistan. The …, the study finds that the export potential from India to Pakistan is to the tune of US$ 9.5 billion while that from … Pakistan to India is US$ 2.2 billion. Items having export potential from Pakistan are largely in the textile sector while items …

nations of South Asia, namely, India and Pakistan, remains unexplored. Against the background of investment trends, the … attractiveness of Pakistan as a host destination, and the growing importance of India as a source destination for foreign investment … in South Asia, there is great potential for Pakistan to attract FDI from India. In this context, the paper identifies …

Over the past two decades, India and Pakistan have been involved in several activities regar ding bilateral trade … criticism that media coverage on India-Pakistan relations is pre-occupied with security events, to the exclusion of non …-security issues such as trade. A dearth of popular awareness on trade-related activities between India and Pakistan may limit the …

trade between India and Pakistan. We explain the comparative advantages of both countries at a disaggregated level, followed … by a qualitative analysis of various perceptions and experiences of Pakistan's pharmaceutical manufacturers with respect … to trade with India. We find that a gradual opening up of pharmaceutical trade with India may allow Pakistan to enhance …

The auto sector in Pakistan has been a persistent opponent of trade liberalisation in the country. This has entailed … the market. Even when import of older vehicles was allowed in Pakistan, it was used Japanese vehicles that were imported … domestic and foreign) may enter production. Pakistan also has a comparative advantage in several auto sector components …