State take-over of infrastructure : 1967-1980 -- Indosat : foreign investment in a risky environment -- The Indosat deal -- Nationalization of Indosat -- The power of being needed -- Indosat : a successful state-owned firm -- Return of private ownership of infrastructure : electric power,...

The Quaid-i-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, is known more for his political achievements than for his socio-economic thought. Last two decades, however, have seen a continuous flow of books containing his speeches, statements, messages, interviews, discussions in pre-independence legislative bodies...

The main objective of the study is quantification of the impact of change in climate normals in order to have a viable and sustained development of the agricultural sector both at the regional and country level. A one-way fixed effect panel model for eleven districts over the time horizon...

The focus of this write-up is on three points. First: development is a multidimensional process involving major changes not only in socio-economic structures and institutions but also in popular attitudes and perceptions. Second: these changes, however anti-status quo, can be initiated,...