Akbar Mayo

  • The SBP’s autonomy

    If you are enraged by the proposed autonomy of the State Bank of Pakistan , let me add more fuel to the fire. The SBP needs even more autonomy than...

  • Mind the tax gap

    The size of the tax gap in Pakistan is almost equal to the amount the country borrowed last year. The tax gap is the difference between the amount...

  • Innovative financing

    Infrascope, an index issued by Economic Intelligence Unit – which evaluates the environment for Public-Private Partnership in the world – ranks...

  • Managing credit ratings

    The credit ratings of a country are more important than its natural resources; they reflect a country's probability to repay its debt. In today's...

  • Rescuing the stock market

    With brakes on growth, and the economy drifting towards stagflation amid rising interest rates, the equity market is the last thing a government...