Opinion Climate change crisis: the world must do better and fast As the 28th edition of the ‘Conference of the Parties’ (COP) is scheduled to be held during November 30-December 12... Updated 17 Nov, 2023 12:45pm
Opinion The missing economic manifesto clarity As Pakistan enters a new election cycle, it is imperative that political parties should come up with not only... Published 10 Nov, 2023 03:07am
Opinion Rising global economic uncertainties ‘Businesses, governments, and investors were already navigating a foggy global landscape before the tragic events... Updated 03 Nov, 2023 07:13am
Opinion Developing countries and the challenge of fiscal space Developing countries, in general, are faced with a serious lack of fiscal space to make needed investments to reach ... Updated 27 Oct, 2023 05:58am
Opinion Important global economic challenges Decades of neoliberal assault of advocating greater market fundamentalism, and lesser government regulation produced... Updated 20 Oct, 2023 06:33am
Opinion Debt and austerity: developing world deep in economic crises In its ‘World Economic Outlook, October 2023’ Report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that ‘The... Updated 13 Oct, 2023 06:40am
Opinion World Bank needs to revisit its policy and lending focus In its recently released report ‘Pakistan development update October 2023: restoring fiscal sustainability’ the... Updated 06 Oct, 2023 09:56am
Opinion IMF’s policy needs deeper political economic thinking ‘“Escalating protests in Pakistan against rising costs linked to IMF demands, which follow similar protests in... Published 02 Oct, 2023 07:03am
Opinion Elusive macroeconomic stability In a recent statement reportedly, interim finance minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar indicated that there were signs of... Published 22 Sep, 2023 03:40am
Opinion Unwarranted austerity policy As another monetary policy statement is about to be released, as the writer contributes this article, it is time to... Updated 15 Sep, 2023 07:25am
Opinion Revisiting economy’s direction ‘But putting growth at the center of economic policymaking is a mistake. While important, growth in the abstract ... Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am
Opinion Need for greater discretionary economic policy The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pushed for pro-cyclical, austerity-based policies in its Stand-By... Updated 25 Aug, 2023 07:08am
Opinion Economic policy by the interim govt Given Pakistan is facing very difficult economic challenge, mainly in the shape of bringing debt sustainability, on... Updated 18 Aug, 2023 06:22am
Opinion A mission-oriented industrial policy ‘While it is generally true that mainstream economists have responded to industrial policy with knee-jerk ... Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am
Opinion Debt, weak multilateralism, and austerity The number of developing countries having high debt levels, that is having public debt more than 60 percent of their... Updated 04 Aug, 2023 06:53am
Opinion ‘Heat economic policy’ It is, indeed, important that Pakistan should continue to deal with its macroeconomic and growth challenges of the... Published 28 Jul, 2023 03:03am
Opinion Inequality, poverty, and austerity — II Unfortunately, both the IMF and individual countries practicing these, in or outside of the IMF programme, are not... Published 22 Jul, 2023 06:25am
Opinion Inequality, poverty, and austerity–I Two reports recently released clearly indicate that in the wake of pandemic, not only has progress on sustainable... Published 21 Jul, 2023 07:08am
Opinion Improving foreign investment climate ‘After a steep drop in 2020 and a strong rebound in 2021, global foreign direct investment (FDI) declined by 12 per... Published 14 Jul, 2023 06:55am
Opinion Climate change crisis and multilateralism ‘I played a key role as chair of the African Union during the Covid period. We felt like we were beggars when it... Updated 07 Jul, 2023 06:04am
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