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Ishrat Husain
Ishrat Husain

  • May 26, 2023

    Towards industrial policy 2.0: Part - III

    Instead of choosing the winners and losers which was the case with the industrial policy 1.0, the thrust of the new policy that is still evolving is...

  • May 19, 2023

    Towards industrial policy 2.0 -Part - II

    The foreign exchange earnings from jute exports which originated from former East Pakistan were pre-empted for allocation to industrialists in what...

  • May 12, 2023

    Towards industrial policy 2.0: Part - I

    Recent developments in the Western countries have reopened the discourse on the need for an industrial policy. Pakistan, which has gone through...

  • May 05, 2023

    Reviving agricultural growth: Part - VI

    Pakistan will have to develop a unified market linking the farms to retail outlets covering the full supply chain particularly in high-value...

  • April 28, 2023

    Reviving agricultural growth: Part - V

    Mechanization, technology and advisory services: one of the major constraints facing small holders is the lack of resources and knowledge about...

  • April 21, 2023

    Reviving agricultural growth: Part - IV

    Import substitution and export promotion: agro-based exports fetch 75-80 per cent of total earnings but the direct exports of agricultural...

  • April 14, 2023

    Reviving agricultural growth: Part - III

    At present, the canal irrigation management system recovers only a quarter of its repair and maintenance costs. In the 1970s, the entire cost was...

  • April 07, 2023

    Reviving agricultural growth: Part - II

    The question we have to address is: what can be done to boost the productivity of 88 per cent of the farms that own less than 12.5 acres of land and...

  • March 31, 2023

    Reviving agricultural growth: Part – I

    Agriculture forms the backbone of Pakistan’s economy as it provides livelihoods to almost two-thirds of the population, food, water, energy...

  • March 24, 2023

    Governance for local government: Part - IV

    The rules of business have to be changed accordingly. It would be imperative that the chief executive officers of metropolitan corporations and...