Growing integration of economic analysis and policy making over the last several decades has created, as a by-product, an ever increasing flow of economic statistics, which still continues to grow in scope and detail. This is especially true in developed countries, where the various statistical...

This study examines the role of public investment in determining the pattern of agricultural development in Pakistan. The focus is on investment in irrigation, which is seen to be the key to providing food self-sufficiency and allowing Pakistan to sustain a flows of net agricultural exports....

This case study concerns the technology choice of farmers in the Pakistan Punjab with regard to wheat varieties. It argues that profitability of new crop technologies can only partly explain their adoption, as access to inputs limits the choice of farmers. In Pakistan, access to inputs is...