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Pakistan’s economy – looking beyond the crisis
IMF is a lender of last resort, not a development agency
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Pakistan’s wheat problem
A good place to start a policy reset would be the wheat sector
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Can agriculture be a leading sector?
In the interim, could agriculture play a greater role?
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Stopping the killer smog in our cities
The cabinet approved Pakistan’s first Clean Air Policy, a key step addressing one of the country’s critical problems
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No country for young women: the story of Shahida Raza
What must have pushed her to leave and embark on her perilous journey was that she was a Hazara
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High wheat prices: could official figures be wrong?
Several factors suggest that govt is over-optimistic in its estimates with possibly massive shortages ahead
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Smallholder agri development — managing risk, stabilising cash flow
Farmers use poor technology, face inefficient input and output markets, and rely on high-cost informal credit markets
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Our wheat problem
Slower growth in wheat production has made Pakistan increasingly dependent on foreign supplies
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Post-floods recovery: doing what it takes
In real rupee and dollar terms, the damage is about three times more than during the 2010 floods
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What is flood damage level and why doesn’t it matter?
There are also several new aspects that make a good assessment of the latest floods more important than in the past