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The Size of Informal Economy in Pakistan
Arby, Muhammad Farooq; Malik, Muhammad Jahanzeb; Hanif, … - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper estimates the size of informal economy in Pakistan by using monetary approach with some modifications … variables and use autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model instead of simple OLS and add education as an additional factor … electricity consumption approach and MIMIC models are used for the first time in case of Pakistan. The results show that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458851
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Emerging through Technological Capability: An Overview of India’s Technological Trajectory
Ray, Amit Shovon - eSocialSciences - 2008
In this paper an overview of India’s technological trajectory with a view to understanding the nuances of India’s technological capability and the role it has played in the process of India’s economic progress. [WP No. 227].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341765
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Has Financial Development Made the World Riskier?
Rajan, Raghuram G. - eSocialSciences - 2005
Developments in the financial sector have led to an expansion in its ability to spread risks. The increase in the risk bearing capacity of economies, as well as in actual risk taking, has led to a range of financial transactions that hitherto were not possible, and has created much greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528297
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Financial Development and Velocity of Money in Bangladesh: A Vector Auto- Regression Analysis
Akhtaruzzaman, Md. - eSocialSciences - 2009
The study uses co-integration and vector auto-regression (VAR) techniques to identify the determinants of income velocity of money (VM) in Bangladesh, covering both narrow and broad money. The study observes that financial development affects VM negatively. The VAR estimates show that two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980013
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Islam at the Ballot Box
Taheri, Amir - eSocialSciences - 2008
So far, no Islamist party has managed to win a majority of the popular vote in any of the Muslim countries where reasonably clean elections are held. If anything, the Islamist share of the vote has been declining across the board.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699052
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Pakistan: Budget Speech: 2005-06
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Finance, Government of … - 2006
Pakistan are always ready to sacrifice their lives and resources for defending the geographical and ideological frontiers of …
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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan - Annual Report Highlights
SAHR, South Asians for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2008
For a better part of the year 2007 the state of Pakistan was only half alive. That naturally reduced its capacity … needs as well as their rights, 2007 proved to be one of the worst years in Pakistan's history, if not the worst. [SAHR] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699314
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Archiving the Nation –State in Feminist Praxis: A South Asian Perspective
Chakravarti, Uma - eSocialSciences - 2009
scholarship in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. She also examines the feminist engagement in terms of political â …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543102
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Microfinance and the Millennium Development Goals in Pakistan: Impact Assessment Using Propensity Score Matching
Setboonsarng, Sununtar; Parpiev, Ziyodullo - eSocialSciences - 2010
Using data from a survey of clients of a microfinance bank, Khushhali Bank, in 2005, the study revisited the survey data and found that despite the Bank’s strict poverty-targeting program used in client selection and despite the survey’s design to address the selectivity bias, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543115
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Instability at the Gate: India’s Troubled Northeast and its External Connections
Egreteau, Renaud - eSocialSciences - 2010
to obtain friendly support (Pakistan), funding (China, LTTE) and strategic shelter (Burma, Bangladesh). Finally there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008544607