Pakistan: making a “COVID budget” in a struggling economy

M Ashfaq, M Bashir - Journal of public budgeting, accounting & …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the fiscal measures undertaken by the
Pakistani government to counter the recessionary pressures of the coronavirus pandemic …

Political Economy of Elite Capture and Clientelism in Public Resource Distribution: Theory and Evidence from Balochistan, Pakistan

M Ahmed - India Quarterly, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The article critically examines the presence of political and bureaucratic capture in public
sector resource allocation in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan. The article applies robust …

[PDF][PDF] Fiscal Policy in Pakistan: The Politics of Distribution in a Changing Landscape

M Abdullah, A Shoukat… - Pakistan Journal of Social …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Fiscal policy aims primarily at controlling aggregate demand but in developing countries, the
aims and objectives of fiscal policy are much extended. Due to the important role of fiscal …

Debt Drowning Pakistan: Butter Versus Bullet Debate

W Islam - LSE International Development Review, 2024 - idr.lse.ac.uk
This study assesses the impact of military expenditure on the external debt of Pakistan,
keeping in view the butter and bullet debate, based on 1971-2021 data. For this purpose …

[PDF][PDF] An Evil in Policy Making for Developing Nations: Bureaucracy or Uncertainty

F Javed, S Sarwar - Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Light Engineering … - gcu.edu.pk
This study empirically analyzes the relationship and impact of bureaucracy and uncertainty
on economic policies. In order to meet objective of this study, Panel data was collected from …

Political Economy of Discretionary Allocation of Annual Development Programmes

M Ahmed - The Pakistan Development Review, 2023 - JSTOR
This article discusses and analyses the presence of discretionary allocations of annual
development programmes (ADP)—the annual development budget—in the Balochistan …

Unleashing the Economic Potential of Balochistan: The Dynamic Power of District Hub

K Khan, S Liaqat - BTTN Journal, 2023 - bttn.org.pk
Balochistan, one of Pakistan's largest and resource-rich provinces, faces significant
challenges in realizing its economic potential. Despite abundant natural resources …