Pakistan
Subtitle: reviving growth through competitiveness
Contributors: Islamic Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9789292626143; 9789292626150
Subjects: Economic development; Economic conditions
Description: "This country diagnostic study examines the binding constraints to pakistan achieving strong, sustained, and inclusive growth, and offers recommendations on how to tackle them. pakistan faces many and varied economic challenges, including a lack of export competitiveness, weaknesses in the power sector, low foreign direct investment and domestic savings, underdeveloped human capital, and uncontrolled urbanization. the study recommends promoting exports in diverse sectors and making established export industries more competitive, improving the business environment to increase investments and savings, reforming the power sector, improving access to and the quality of education and health services to increase labor productivity, and investing in orderly urbanization processes. pakistan can build on the significant reforms that have been initiated and seize growth opportunities."
Notes: "Co-publication of the Asian Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank"

Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-282)