This book seeks to shed light on why some countries have achieved more than others in bringing prosperity to their people - more specifically, it is about the relative failure of Pakistan (and South Asia more generally) compared to East and South-East Asia. The absence of a pro-poor implicit social contract in Pakistan has been the principal cause.
This book seeks to shed light on why some countries have achieved more than others in bringing prosperity to their people - more specifically, it is about the relative failure of Pakistan (and South Asia more generally) compared to East and South-East Asia. The absence of a pro-poor implicit social contract in Pakistan has been the principal cause.
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Autorenporträt
Shahid Ahmed is a former United Nations official who has served as an Economist in the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. He has also worked in a senior capacity in Pakistan's central bank, in the Competition Commission of Pakistan and acquired extensive hands-on experience of international finance while working in the City in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Development, Social Justice and the Limits of Public Policy
2. Why has Pakistan's Economy Under-performed?
3. The Social Sectors in Pakistan: A Story of Neglect
4. The Cultural Setting: Patronage and Rent-seeking
5. The Political Economy of Pakistan
6. Regional Cooperation in South and South-East Asia
7. The State, Private Enterprise and Development
8. Democracy and Development: Diagnosing Poor Governance