Economy
IMF-Sinner Or Savior For Pakistan?
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) offers outright loans or lends money in both concessional and non-concessional ways. The IMF Executive Board approves a financing...
If not Dollars, then what?
For decades, the US dollar has reigned supreme as the world's dominant reserve currency, used for international trade, investment, and lending. The dollar's dominance...
Digital Currency vs Physical Currency in Pakistan
In Pakistan, the use of tangible cash goes back a very long way in the country's history. But in recent years there has been...
Taking BRICS+ to the next level – what are the new horizons for the Global South?
Despite the fact that the BRICS+ initiative was first proposed in 2017, there is still hardly any concrete framework or overarching concept advanced by...
Challenges of Mixed Economy in Pakistan and Panacea
Pakistan, like many other developing countries, has been grappling with various economic challenges in recent years. Despite having a vast pool of resources and...
Sacrificial Lands: Mining the Minerals to Fuel the Green Revolution and a Post-Carbon World
It has been said that while mining may not be everything, nothing else would be possible without it. Critical resources have come to be...
De-Dollarisation of World Trade: Who is Sanctioning Whom?
Over the period of last few months, economies of states and regional blocs have taken the initiative to trade in currencies other than the...
The Downtown Paradox: Reshaping the Free Economies of the World
Freedom from cubicle slavery now creates ghost towers across downtowns: The slender, glossy vertical prisons of corporate bureaucracy once dominated the economic and political...
Export Competitiveness for Sustainable Economic Growth in Pakistan
Pakistan's lack of diversity, inadequate infrastructure, and low productivity are just a few of the issues that make it less competitive in the export...
BRICS: Reshaping the Global Economic and Political Order
The BRICS term refers to a group of five nations, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The first summit of this alliance...