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Disclosure harmonization of accounting practices: the case for South Asia

Ali, Muhammad Jahangir - In: Asian Review of Accounting 14 (2006) July, pp. 168-186

disclosure practices in three South Asian countries, namely, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach – The …

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The U.S. Aid “Surge” to Pakistan: Repeating a Failed Experiment?

Birdsall, Nancy; Kinder, Molly - 2010

During the 1990s, the World Bank and several donor partners provided a “surge” in external aid to support Pakistan …’s social sectors. Despite the millions of donor dollars spent, the program failed. Poverty was higher in Pakistan in 2004 than … reports the many problems donors faced while working with Pakistan’s government to improve health and education outcomes. A …

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Equal employment practices

Syed, Jawad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

In this article, the author has discussed that in Pakistan, EEO is rather an issue of education than legislation or …

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Long-run trend, Business Cycle & Short-run shocks in real GDP

Arby, Muhammad Farooq - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

decomposition of real GDP of Pakistan reveals that the Pakistan’s economy has a declining growth in long-run trend since early 1980s … that however, is expected to start rising in 2001-02. Pakistan is also facing a recessionary phase of third business cycle …

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Social Protection in the Informal Economy: Home based women workers and outsourced manufacturing in Asia

Biggeri, Mario; Mehrotra, Santosh - 2002

Home based work has a dual and contradictory character: on the one hand, as a source of income diversification for poor workers and the emergence of micro-enterprises, yet on the other, it is a source of exploitation of vulnerable workers as firms attempt to contain costs. This paper examines...

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Macro Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in Pakistan

Khan, Safdar Ullah Khan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

(TFP) in Pakistan and then establishes its macro determinants. Covering the sample from 1960 to 2003, the results confirm …

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Stock Returns Volatility in an Emerging Market: The Pakistani Evidence

Husain, Fazal; UPPAL, Jamshed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999

This paper examines stock returns volatility in the Pakistani equity market. Using daily stock prices of 36 companies, 8 sector indices, and the general market index, the AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (ARCH) class of models was applied. The analyses suggest that one of the...

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Stock Prices, Real Sector and the Causal Analysis: The Case of Pakistan

Husain, Fazal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

indicates a one-way causation from the real sector to stock prices implying that the stock market in Pakistan is still not that … economic activity in Pakistan …

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Sustainable Cotton Production through Skill Development among Farmers: Evidence from Khairpur District of Sindh, Pakistan

Khan, M. Azeem; Iqbal, Muhammad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

into farmer-led experimentation. The Programme achievements show that FFS approach in Pakistan has furthered from only crop …

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Poverty-reducing or Poverty-inducing? A CGE-based Analysis of Foreign Capital Inflows in Pakistan

Siddiqui, Rizwana; Kemal, A R - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Pakistan is used to conduct simulations in order to assess the impact of an increase in foreign capital on poverty both in the …

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