- Better prospects for export of fruits and vegetables (By: Ismat Sabir)
Pakistan exported 268,741 ton of fruits and vegetable products worth $79.83 million, while the export of vegetables stood at $22.50 .... More
- Cost of inputs determines competitiveness (By: Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan)
In a competitive economy, the cost of production play's an important role. The high cost of production domestically excludes countries to .... More
- Culture and developments (By: Nadeem Omar)
Culture and development are intimately linked together in an increasingly globalised world, where development or its lack, is seen both as .... More
- Govt not fully conversant with problems of textile industry (By: M. Osman Ghani)
Various representatives of the textile industry have termed the federal budget 2009-10 as disappointing, mainly because, according to them, .... More
- House passes Carbon Cap-and-Trade Bill (By: By John Carey)
June 26, 2009, will go down as an historic moment in world's efforts to tackle climate change. For the first time, a Congressional body .... More
- Inadequate political will impedes climate change talks
Global climate change talks are unlikely to yield a deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol, set to expire in 2012, by December 2009, when the .... More
- Long road ahead for BRIC (By: Ranabir Ray Choudhury)
An important issue facing the international economy today - particularly in the wake of the first summit of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and .... More
- Saarc has become an end unto itself (By: Kaleem Omar)
This was the first Saarc summit held in Bhutan, a tiny Himalyan kingdom between China and India. The summit was held in Thimpa, Bhutan's .... More
- Scanning the Hill for signs (By: Steve Bjerklie)
The recent flurry of food-safety activity in Washington, D.C., with new comprehensive legislative proposals for regulatory .... More
- Singapore’s Development Model and lessons for Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka
Previously I have written on the landlockedness of the countries and associated issues faced by their coastal trade .... More
- SMEs: a locomotive for economic development (By: Bashir Ahmad Fida)
One of the significant characteristics of a flourishing economy is a growing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector as it plays an .... More
- Solid import (By: Hussain H. Zaidi hussainhzaidi@gmail.com)
Traditionally, import tariffs (also referred to as customs duties) have been the most important barrier to international trade. Although .... More
- The local face of globalisation (By: C. Gopinath)
The current global recession is making many governments hunker down and focus on their national economies. Stimulus packages are targeted .... More
- Traditional medicine in South Asia: Untapped export potential
Despite the rapid expansion of modern or allopathic medicine, traditional medicine continues to hold sway over the vast majority of the .... More
- UNITAID's initiative to spearhead a patent pool is laudable but it will have to grapple with the IP 'monster'(By: P. T. Jyothi Datta)
Is the effort by United Nations-supported UNITAID, an international drug purchasing facility, to create a patent pool in the interest of .... More
- US assistance needs an alternative paradigm (By: Raza Rumi)
The gods are smiling at Pakistan's development industry once again. Such a moment was experienced almost a decade ago when Pakistan's .... More
