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The progress made since the landmark Paris Agreement back in 2015 is seriously lagging as pointed out by a recently released ‘Production Gap Report...
Two renowned intellectuals – Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, and columnist for Guardian George Monbiot – in two separate...
As the 28th edition of the ‘Conference of the Parties’ (COP) is scheduled to be held during November 30-December 12 in United Arab Emirates (UAE),...
As Pakistan enters a new election cycle, it is imperative that political parties should come up with not only actionable steps but to indicate very...
‘Businesses, governments, and investors were already navigating a foggy global landscape before the tragic events unfolding in the Middle East....
Developing countries, in general, are faced with a serious lack of fiscal space to make needed investments to reach a much-needed resilient economy in...
Decades of neoliberal assault of advocating greater market fundamentalism, and lesser government regulation produced a global financial and economic...
In its ‘World Economic Outlook, October 2023’ Report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that ‘The global recovery from the Covid-19...
In its recently released report ‘Pakistan development update October 2023: restoring fiscal sustainability’ the World Bank (WB), just like the...
‘“Escalating protests in Pakistan against rising costs linked to IMF demands, which follow similar protests in other countries, should serve as a...
In a recent statement reportedly, interim finance minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar indicated that there were signs of economic recovery, whereby she...
As another monetary policy statement is about to be released, as the writer contributes this article, it is time to indicate why it is very important...
‘But putting growth at the center of economic policymaking is a mistake. While important, growth in the abstract is not a coherent goal or mission....
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pushed for pro-cyclical, austerity-based policies in its Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) programme with Pakistan...
Given Pakistan is facing very difficult economic challenge, mainly in the shape of bringing debt sustainability, on one hand, and on the other...
‘While it is generally true that mainstream economists have responded to industrial policy with knee-jerk hostility since at least the 1970s, things...
The number of developing countries having high debt levels, that is having public debt more than 60 percent of their gross domestic product, increased...
It is, indeed, important that Pakistan should continue to deal with its macroeconomic and growth challenges of the traditional nature, reducing twin...
Unfortunately, both the IMF and individual countries practicing these, in or outside of the IMF programme, are not learning from this experience of...
Two reports recently released clearly indicate that in the wake of pandemic, not only has progress on sustainable development goals (SDGs) overall...
‘After a steep drop in 2020 and a strong rebound in 2021, global foreign direct investment (FDI) declined by 12 per cent in 2022, to $1.3 trillion....
‘I played a key role as chair of the African Union during the Covid period. We felt like we were beggars when it came to vaccine availability. When...
Proud nations, with will of steel, shine the brightest when the clouds are the darkest. The current economic challenge at hand covers the policy...
‘The world is facing numerous extreme, interlinked challenges, including a climate emergency and growing economic inequalities between and within...
“If you’ve been feeling confused and as though everything is impacting on you all at the same time, this is not a personal, private experience,”...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Country Report No. 22/288, released in September 2022 – the last such report released, since there have been no...
The global economy is facing existential threats of climate change and Pandemicene crises. The underlying basis for the perpetuation and hastening of...
Never before in 75-year history of the country has Annual Budget been so important. Now that Pakistan has struggled to restart the International...