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India’s latest poverty profile
Indian planners face an uphill task in reducing poverty amongst religious minorities, especially urban Muslims.
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Punjab’s proposed smart school experiment
Impact of expensive schemes in improving capacity of tertiary students to become productive remains to be seen.
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Remembering Mandela
It will be encouraging if our political representatives can demonstrate similar dedication and acumen as Mandela.
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An incomplete corruption measure
The manner in which the TI constructs its CPI remains problematic.
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The elusiveness of inclusive growth
Growing disparities have compelled the recognition for making growth more inclusive.
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Reckless borrowing
The existing level of our public debt is unarguably unsustainable.
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The IMF’s puzzling optimism
The IMF mission chief stated that despite the challenges facing Pakistan, the ‘sky is falling mentality’ is excessive.
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Global slavery index
This index has fallen prey to a rather narrow and simplistic approach in terms of categorising modern slavery.
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Growing old in Pakistan
Majority of elderly people in Pakistan have scarce savings, lack social security or health insurance coverage.
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World Food Prize controversy
Awarding the prize for developing biotech crops has reinvigorated debate over benefits of genetically modified crops.