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
Opinion The great economic challenge Proud nations, with will of steel, shine the brightest when the clouds are the darkest. The current economic... Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:00am
Opinion Huge global economic policy challenges ‘The world is facing numerous extreme, interlinked challenges, including a climate emergency and growing economic... Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am
Opinion Climate change, debt, and inflation “If you’ve been feeling confused and as though everything is impacting on you all at the same time, this is not ... Updated 09 Jun, 2023 07:10am
Opinion Gross financing, and medium-term economic strategy International Monetary Fund (IMF) Country Report No. 22/288, released in September 2022 – the last such report... Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am
Opinion Global economic crisis: Neoliberalism, debt sustainability, SDRs, and multilateralism The global economy is facing existential threats of climate change and Pandemicene crises. The underlying basis for... Updated 26 May, 2023 07:12am