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Ehsan MalikThe Express Tribune |
Can Pakistan’s auto industry build capabilities that can compete in regional and global value chains?
The BOI-SIFC merger should be viewed not as an administrative exercise, but as a chance to undertake deeper reforms.
Educational institutions, vocational programmes and public spending should be judged by their contribution to employment, productivity growth and...
Pakistan has absorbed much of the fiscal cost of devolution without fully realising its potential efficiency gains.
It is increasingly about how all parts of the state can share responsibility for reviving industry, employment and economic growth.
A series of crises have left us with limited policy space.
The hard reality is that Pakistan cannot simply spend, borrow, or subsidise its way to growth.
The debate is about escaping the habits that made IMF inevitable.
Competition is constrained by design, not accident.
Firms must become externally focused, productivity-driven, and globally competitive.
Reform must also target structural bottlenecks.
MNC exits have cast a shadow over the investment landscape.
A neglected aspect of the debate is the principle of comparative advantage.
Pakistan must remove barriers built into its economic systems.