Pakistan : the economy of an elitist state / Ishrat Husain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Husain, Ishrat, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pakistan--Economic conditions.

Pakistan.

Economic conditions.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xvi, 538 pages : tables ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Contents:

Growth and structural change in the Pakistan economy

Production base: agriculture and industry

Macroeconomic foundations: fiscal, monetary, and exchange rate policy

Investing in people: education, population, health, and poverty alleviation

Physical capital: infrastructure

Foreign trade, external debt, and resource flows

Explaining Pakistan's economic performance

An economic and social agenda for the 21st century

The elitist economy.

Notes:

"This insightful analysis into the prevailing economic situation in Pakistan has three distinguishing features. It is an exhaustive, analytical history of economic development in Pakistan during the last fifty years; it provides an explanation of Pakistan's economic performance in the political context, and compares it with other South Asian countries and with East Asia; it outlines for Pakistan an agenda of economic and social reforms based on a model of shared growth to see the country into the twenty-first century." "The main thrust of the book is that the respective roles of the state and the market have been reversed in the case of Pakistan, with the result that the benefits are reaped by the elite classes only."--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-529) and index.

ISBN:

9780199406616

0199406618

OCLC:

1130319361