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Is Informal Sector Employment Marginal to Formal Sector Growth? by Nadia Tahir, Pervez Tahir

“…Pakistan has adopted a neoliberal regime to open the economy to global competition and reduce the role of the state. This directional change brought increased…”
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Does competition explain growth in OECD and BRICS countries? by Tahir, Nadia, Tahir, Pervez

“…Purpose This paper aims to explain the empirical relationship between competitiveness and economic growth in a globalizing world. In recent times, the advanced…”
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Development Priorities of the Founding Father of Pakistan by Pervez Tahir

“…A close reading of the speeches and statements of the founding father of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, brings forth a striking consistency of…”
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Poverty, Feudalism, and Land Reform— The Continued Relevance of Iqbal by Pervez Tahir

“…After half a century of development experience, one-third of the population of Pakistan today is condemned to struggle below the poverty line, howsoever…”
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Education: The Need for Consolidation by Tahir, Pervez, Saleem, Nadia

“…After six decades of its existence, Pakistan finds itself in an educational quagmire. There is not much to show in terms of national, provincial and local…”
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INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT IN PAKISTAN: Survivalist or Structuralist? by Tahir, Nadia, Tahir, Pervez

“…This study examines the increasing informality in Pakistan accompanying the fluctuating industrial growth in the wake of economic liberalization. The…”
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Introducing Iqbal the Economist by Tahir, Pervez

“…The Iqbal Memorial Lecture was instituted in 1994 when the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE) celebrated the completion of a decade of steady…”
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Is Informal Sector Employment Marginal to Formal Sector Growth? by Tahir, Nadia, Tahir, Pervez

“…This paper discusses existing scenario of informal sector employment and socio-economic challenges faced by informal worker in search of "decent work." We…”
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Prospects of integration among the ECO countries by Tahir, Pervez

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Prospects of Economic Integration among the ECO Countries by Tahir, Pervez

“…Promotion of Intra-regional trade is the most important economic justification for regional economic blocs. This paper examines such prospects in the Economic…”
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Development Priorities of the Founding Father of Pakistan by Tahir, Pervez

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Poverty, Feudalism, and Land Reform—The Continued Relevance of Iqbal by Tahir, Pervez

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Productivity and skills in industry and services: A Britain-German comparison by Wagner, Karin

“…It is widely accepted that the vocational and professional training system has a major impact on national competitiveness. In this paper a number of…”
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The Debt of the Nation [with Comments] by Tahir, Pervez, Ahmad, Eatzaz

“…This paper brings into sharp focus the measures of external debt burden as applied to Pakistan and their casual treatment by various sources. The result has…”
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Foreign Debt, Dependency, and Economic Growth in South Asia [with Comments] by Chaudhary, Mohammad Aslam, Anwar, Sabahat, Tahir, Pervez

“…The study highlights the present volume and trend of foreign debt in South Asian countries and analyses the problem of ever-rising foreign debt burden, which…”
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Multisectoral Initiatives, Sectoral Inertia: A Dilemma of Governance for Development Policy-makers by Tahir, Pervez

“…Governments are traditionally organised vertically into departments or ministries, dealing with individual sectors. Horizontal coordination is normally left to…”
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John Sender and Sheila Smith. The Development of Capitalism in Africa. London and New York: Methuen. 1986. xii+l77 pp by Tahir, Pervez

“…This book is a powerful defence of the capitalist development in Africa. It is also a Marxist defence, rooted as it is in the realistic understanding of the…”
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An Analysis of Pakistan's Poverty Problem from an Islamic Perspective [with Comments] by Hussain, Muhammad, Shirazi, Nasim Shah, Tahir, Pervez

“…Poverty is a widespread problem that particularly afflicts developing countries. A number of studies, such as Naseem (1973, 1977); Allaudin (1975); Mujahid…”
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The Service Element in National Accounts: A Preliminary Basis for an Alternative Formulation by Tahir, Pervez

“…The raison d'etre of this article is to focus attention on an awkward cor¬ner in the emerging growth pattern of GDP—.the disproportionate growth and the weight…”
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The Service-Pull Inflation by TAHIR, PERVEZ

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