State-owned enterprises in Pakistan — a drain on the economyon November 29, 2018State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are business enterprises across the globe which are created and managed by the governments of various countries. Currently, there are around 1500 state-owned multinationals in the World, having more than 86,000 wholly/partly subsidiaries. One-third of them are located in the European Union while more than 50 percent of them are owned by […]
Remittances — a blessing in disguiseon November 1, 2018Over the time, labour market has been globalized and, as a result, there is increased migration for employment purposes. Accordingly, remittances have been becoming an important source of income, especially in developing countries, which play an important role in enhancing consumption, private investment, education and health expenditure etc. According to United Nation’s (UN) report on […]
Special Economic Zones — the threshold conditions for successon August 14, 2018Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are an important aspect of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), besides the projects centred on infrastructure, energy, and the development of Gwadar port. SEZs, as a growth strategy, have static and dynamic implications for the host economy. In the static sense, they help in promoting investment, employment, trade and economic […]