Based on national surveys of women entrepreneurs and micro-finance clients in Nepal (135 clients) and Pakistan (104 clients). Examines the impact of micro-finance and microenterprise development on the economic and possible social empowerment of women in the two countries, highlighting...

This study examines relationship between measures of working capital management and corporate profitability. Working capital management is an important element of financial management for many firms as they make significant investment in working capital components. Applying fixed effect...

This paper attempts to determine the capital structure of listed firms in the cement industry of Pakistan. The study finds that a specific industry's capital structure exhibits unique attributes which are usually not apparent in the combined analysis of many sectors as done by Shah & Hijazi...

Housing is considered the basic necessity of human being and its shortage is a major problem worldwide especially in less developed countries including Pakistan. Recently the commercial banks in Pakistan have started looking for housing finance. In addition to conventional banks Islamic banks...

In this paper, we study the potential determinates of the capital structure of non-financial firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange. We analyse a sample of 445 firms listed on the KSE for the period 1997-2001. We have chosen tangibility of assets, size, firm growth rate, and profitability as...

This study examines the incidence of earnings management around the privatizations of State Owned Enterprises in Pakistan during 1991-2005. Using the modified Jones model and a sample of large privatizations (minimum US$1 million), it shows that the sampled firms experienced increase in...

Abstract Private sector lays a strong emphasis on acquiring knowledge, because in today’s world, it is knowledge that is the primary source of sustained profitability. Public sector organizations also need to be learning organizations. However, they are constrained by a number of factors. This...

Lodhran/Rahim Yar Khan (RYK) model of primary healthcare is a home-grown experiment in Pakistan. The model envisaged transferring the management of primary healthcare facilities to a public sector NGO. The paper finds that through the re-alignment of interest groups, the model was replicated in...

Local Government Ordinance, 2001 aimed to create a service-orientated local government by devolving many public services from the provincial to local levels. However, in many cases, local governments either did not have the capacity to manage them or the services extended across different...

Consumers are important for both the government and corporate entities. They are responsible for creating or depressing demand in the economy. The British were the first to introduce a semblance of consumer laws in the pre-partition united India. After the emergence of Pakistan in 1947, several...