Issues in Pakistan's Economy - Softcover

S.Akbar Zaidi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195979141 ISBN 13: 9780195979145

Publisher: OUP Pakistan, 2005

Synopsis

This book is the main text for post-graduate courses on South Asia's development, economic history and on its political economy. For researchers on Pakistan's economy, it is the key source for reference, and covers a huge and diverse array of data, literature reviews, commentary and analysis.

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About the Author

S. Akbar Zaidi is a Karachi-based social scientist who specializes in the field of political economy. He taught at Karachi University for nearly fifteen years and continues to lecture at universities in Pakistan and abroad. Most recently (2004-05) he was a Visiting Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He conducts research and has published twelve books, two of which, Issues in Pakistan's Economy (OUP, 1999) and The New Development Paradigm: Papers on Institutions, NGOs, Gender and Local Government (OUP, 1999), have become standard textbooks for graduate and postgraduate courses on Pakistan's economy and Development Economics, both in Pakistan and abroad. He has published in numerous international professional journals on themes as diverse as devolution, health sociology, local government, fiscal policy, and international financial institutions.

Synopsis

Useful for post-graduate courses on South Asia's development, economic history and on its political economy. This book is also for researchers on Pakistan's economy. It covers an array of data, literature reviews, commentary and analysis.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Pakistan
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0195979141
• ISBN 13: 9780195979145
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 542