Opinion Tackling air pollution ‘The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) shows that strong pollution policies pay back in additional years of life for... Published 03 Sep, 2021 04:58am
Opinion SDRs: Allocation, reallocation, and fiscal usage Writing in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2009 in a Project Syndicate published article ‘The new... Published 27 Aug, 2021 04:52am
Opinion Starkest report on climate change and ‘unequivocal’ human involvement ‘It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in... Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:44am
Opinion SDR allocation of $650bn – important but inadequate The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved allocation of US$650 billion, which is worth 456 billion of Special... Published 06 Aug, 2021 04:18am
Opinion Climate disasters, vaccine inequality and global economic recovery 'Six years ago, in Paris, the countries of the world committed themselves to avoiding the worst of that nightmare by... Published 30 Jul, 2021 05:10am
Opinion Towards better global corporate tax regime ‘Since the 1980s, countries have competed for business by reducing companies’ taxes. A few nations, like Ireland... Published 16 Jul, 2021 04:34am
Opinion Supply issues and difficult oil prices Oil prices have continued to overall significantly rise since November of last year, on the back of restricted ... Published 09 Jul, 2021 04:25am
Opinion Budget and GDP growth: export-led and bottom-up Prime Minister Imran Khan in his speech in the parliament on the last day of the fiscal year highlighted that... Published 02 Jul, 2021 04:20am
Opinion Economic direction and role of government — III The government is, therefore, required to outsource or privatize as less as possible. It is also required to engage... Published 01 Jul, 2021 04:10am
Opinion Economic direction and role of government — II The overall economic policy, including that of the philosophy of Budget, must take into consideration the fact that... Published 26 Jun, 2021 03:24am
Opinion Economic direction and role of government — I When the Great Depression hit the world in the first half of 20th century, John Maynard Keynes correctly highlighted... Published 25 Jun, 2021 04:20am
Opinion Stimulus and institutional reform Unlike many budgets in the past, the Budget 2021/22 places strong emphasis on providing stimulus for economic ... Published 18 Jun, 2021 04:16am
Opinion The G7 at Cornwall The meetings of Group of Seven (G7) at Cornwall in the United Kingdom (UK) come at a very crucial time, primarily... Published 12 Jun, 2021 05:04am
Opinion Stabilisation and growth without much reforms – II In contrast to the prescription being followed in Pakistan like in many other IMF programme countries over the ... Published 06 Jun, 2021 02:56am
Opinion Stabilisation and growth without much reforms – I In the latest interaction with the public, Prime Minister Imran Khan highlighted that the country’s economy had... Published 04 Jun, 2021 05:06am
Opinion Beyond GDP: equity, wellbeing and sustainability Let me start the article by giving two quotes in order to lay the basis for understanding why it is important for... Published 28 May, 2021 04:08am
Opinion Vaccine availability ‘But while hundreds of millions of vaccine doses have been administered globally, there are deep disparities. In... Published 21 May, 2021 05:04am
Opinion Tarin’s plan falls short of needed reform approach — II The 1990s’ world was mostly a neoliberal world with the Washington Consensus-styled policies such as small... Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am
Opinion Tarin’s plan falls short of needed reform approach — I ‘In this context, ‘moonshot’ thinking is about setting targets that are ambitious but also inspirational, able... Published 16 May, 2021 04:26am
Opinion Covid-19: School education crisis in Pakistan ‘Compared with the scale of South Asia’s first wave, which peaked in September, the second is shocking. …South... Published 07 May, 2021 04:35am