Tag Archives: GDP

Globally, fast rising trend of both external and domestic debt, emerging in 2008 and onward due to economic recession has engulfed entire financial world in whirlpool of fiscal deficit both in developed and developing economies. No doubt some of the …

Major issues in energy production is high cost of electricity production, tariff anomalies, circular debt, others Interview with Mr Khalid Tawab – Chairman, Tawab Group Pakistan & Gulf Economist had an exclusive conversation with Mr Khalid Tawab regarding the Alternative and …

The world is at a crossroads, as humanity tries to mitigate climate change and halt biodiversity loss, while still securing a supply of food for everyone. A recent study in Nature Communications shows that global demands for commodities, especially in …

The rise of digitization during COVID-19 increased challenges for communities without technology access. Digital inclusion leads to more opportunity and economic advancement. Through initiatives like the EDISON Alliance, the private sector is stepping up to increase the affordability and access to …

The Covid-19 crisis is unique in several respects. This devastating recession does not have an economic origin, will dance largely to the tune of non-economic factors, and is truly global. The policy response has been equally unique, in terms of …

There is a fascinating discourse these days almost at every forum about the government claim of the GDP growth to be achieved by the end of this fiscal. This claim is out of the blue since a couple of months …

Pakistan instead of being the maritime nation unable to effectively exploit the sea and its resources. Decades of neglect have hampered the development of the maritime sector, which in turn has hurt both economic and blue growth along with the …

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected about 210 countries with more than 166 million confirmed cases and over 3.44 million deaths across the globe including Pakistan. Till the last week of May 2021, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has …

Sources record that for true description of the economic performance of Pakistan, the experts need to compare the performance of economy pre and post Covid-19. Sources also presently record that Pakistan’s economy is on a solid growth path and has …

Analysis of Economic Survey of Pakistan showed that agriculture is still the largest sector of the economy of Pakistan as its contribution to GDP has gradually declined to 19.3 percent, however, there is a lot of potential in the sector …

Pakistan was somewhat unusual compared to other countries as regards the unexpected pickup in officially recorded remittances during 2020, particularly in the latter part of the year. Earlier surveys of remittance receipts suggested that remittances were falling during the pandemic. …

Translating complex climate science into language people understand has always been difficult. At various times, the aim of different climate policies has been holding average global temperature rise to 2°C or 1.5°C, or ensuring emissions peak by a particular year. …