Articles with tag: growth
Dubai Incorporated - Part 2
Ibrahim M Khalil Aug 7, 2009 interacts: 11Compared to Dubai, everyone else seems dull and boring. Yet dull they are not (Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia).
India: The Empire Strikes Back
William Dalrymple Aug 21, 2007 interacts: 104In 1600 India produced 22.5% of global GDP. By 1870, India had been reduced into a Third World nation, thanks to the Raj.
Making a new Future: Peace Dividends for India and Pakistan
dawood mamoon Aug 13, 2007 interacts: 22India Pakistan relationships in the light of future economic and security dividends of peace.
The Power of Positive Thinking
Ali Hashmi Apr 11, 2007 interacts: 7After almost thirteen years working at a large multinational engineering firm, he had attended a workshop conducted by a consulting firm. He was so impressed (and probably so tired of the corporate treadmill) that he immediately began learning more, event
Pakistan Shinning III - Population and Literacy
Zarrar Said Apr 3, 2007 interacts: 17There is no precedent in history of any nation demonstrating double-digit (or even high single digit) GDP growth while spending next to nothing on its human capital.
Pakistan Shinning II - Propoganda or Reality
Zarrar Said Mar 12, 2007 interacts: 97There is no precedent of any nation having developed economically without consistently saving and reinvesting a substantial portion of its annual GDP.
Pakistan Shinning I - Propoganda or Reality
Zarrar Said Mar 8, 2007 interacts: 104The Musharraf Government is frantically beating the drums of its fictional economic miracle of the past half a dozen years. This is painfully reminiscent of similar media projection attempted by the erstwhile BJP Government with its 'India Shining' propag
What is it going to take to have a Clean Bombay?
Ajay Kamalakaran Mar 6, 2007 interacts: 94If we are to ever look civilized in the eyes of the world, it has to start with ensuring that our major cities are clean.
India: Is Growth Coming at Expense of Development
Aparna Pande Feb 21, 2007 interacts: 90For the last two years the IMF and the World Bank have been warning India about the dangers of inflation.
Electric Dreams?
Mariam Zaidi Oct 4, 2006 interacts: 26A country in darkness - the escalating electricity problems of Pakistan
Linking Poverty and Population
Kamal Siddiqi Apr 24, 2005 interacts: 41Currently Pakistan is the sixth most populated country in the world. It also enjoys the dubious distinction of having the largest people under the poverty line, estimated at over 50 million.
Tight-fisted Urban Development!
Abdus Samad Jul 13, 2004 interacts: 4We are looking for ways to accelerate growth so that poverty can be reduced and living standards improved. We go borrowing and begging to do this! Yet not many of us question the myriads of opportunities for investment that careless regulation stifles.
Pessimism with Growth, Why?
Abdus Samad Jun 19, 2004 interacts: 84Economy has improved, yet growth is not high and people remain concerned. WHY?
