Issues in Pakistan's Economy

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Oxford University Press, 2005 - Business & Economics - 530 pages
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This book is the main text for post-graduate courses on South Asia's development, economic history and on its political economy. For researchers on Pakistan's economy, it is the key source for reference, and covers a huge and diverse array of data, literature reviews, commentary and analysis.

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Contents

The Process of Industrialization
1
Assessing Pakistans Development
3
Agriculture
11
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S. Akbar Zaidi
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S. Akbar Zaidi
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About the author (2005)


S. Akbar Zaidi is a Karachi-based social scientist who specializes in the field of political economy. He taught at Karachi University for nearly fifteen years and continues to lecture at universities in Pakistan and abroad. Most recently (2004-05) he was a Visiting Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He conducts research and has published twelve books, two of which, Issues in Pakistan's Economy (OUP, 1999) and The New Development Paradigm: Papers on Institutions, NGOs, Gender and Local Government (OUP, 1999), have become standard textbooks for graduate and postgraduate courses on Pakistan's economy and Development Economics, both in Pakistan and abroad. He has published in numerous international professional journals on themes as diverse as devolution, health sociology, local government, fiscal policy, and international financial institutions.

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TitleIssues in Pakistan's Economy
AuthorS. Akbar Zaidi
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherOxford University Press, 2005
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedDec 21, 2009
ISBN0195979141, 9780195979145
Length530 pages
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Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development
  
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