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THE WORLD’S MONETARY SYSTEM: TOWARD STABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN TH
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RESOURCE MOBILISATION AND EXPENDITURE PLANNING: IN THE PROVINCES OF PA
₨ 895The book is based on the proceedings and papers of a conference held in Lahore in April 1993. The conference was sponsored by the Canadian International development Agency (CIDA) and organised by the Finance Department, Government of Punjab.
The basic conclusion of the conference was the realisation that, in contrast to the federal government, sub-national governments have generally been neglected in Pakistan even though they are responsible for the delivery of basic social and economic services like education, health, water supply and sanitation, roads, irrigation, etc., and collectively account for about two thirds of the public expenditure on social services in the country.
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THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TAX REFORM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
₨ 595This book approaches the subject of tax reform from basic economic principles. The objectives are to develop guidelines for the design of tax policy; to show how the principles can structure systematic research into tax reform in terms of the consequences for households, producers and governments; and finally, to combine the guidelines and applied research into a practical tax package for Pakistan, where tax reform has become an urgent priority. The authors provide a coherent framework to show how principles can be formulated, applied research structured, and policies developed and appraised in a systematic manner.
The majority of developing countries are currently facing severe budgetary pressures with rising demands for expenditures and limited scope for raising extra government revenues. In addition, the revenue systems which are in place may themselves generate strong impediments to efficiency, the expansion of the economy, the growth of the tax base, equity and the achievement of development objectives. Tax reform should therefore be central to public policy and development planning and is seen as such by many governments. It has also moved to the forefront of discussion in international agencies.
This book will be useful to graduate students, academic economists, and professional economists in international organisations and governments interested in public policy and development planning. The careful application of the ideas presented here should lead to a real improvement in the development of policy and to further empirical and theoretical research.
ISBN: 9694020656
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SOCIAL CAPABILITY AND LONG-TERM ECONOMIC GROWTH
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ISLAMIC ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
₨ 2,313This major new study examines the central tenets of Islamic economics, both in theory and in practice. The authors pinpoint the uniqueness of the Islamic approach, both in its conception of the world’s resources and in its attitude to human endeavor. Their book illuminates the distinctive nature of an economics which is based neither on meeting the demands of the individual consumer, nor on increasing the level of general welfare, but on maximizing the pleasure of God. The different schools of Islamic thought are then compared and their interpretations analyzed in terms of their approaches to plan and market, centralization and decentralization, property rights, profit and social obligation. A detailed historical survey follows the experience of four very different Muslim countries — Libya, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Iran. The authors examine how the implementation of Islamic economic solutions has worked out in reality, often in the context of a tense political situation. They look at the practicality of such solutions in the present day, assessing both their economic performance and their success in guiding society towards the Islamic ideal.
The book as a whole allows the reader to grasp the multifarious nature of Islamic thought in economic matters, its contradictory and often contentious character, and the uses to which Islam has been put by governments with clearly diverse aims. Students of economics and of the Middle East will find it a useful guide to the new terms in which an old and fierce debate is being conducted.
ISBN: 1856490580
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ECONOMICS REFORMS IN NEW DEMOCRACIES: A SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC APPROACH.
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REGIONALISM AND RIVALRY
₨ 17,549As Japan’s newfound economic power leads to increased political power, there is concern that Japan may be turning East Asia into a regional economic bloc to rival the U.S. and Europe. In Regionalism and Rivalry, leading economists and political scientists address this concern by looking at three central questions: Is Japan forming a trading bloc in Pacific Asia? Does Japan use foreign direct investment in Southeast Asia to achieve national goals? Does Japan possess the leadership qualities necessary for a nation assuming greater political responsibility in international affairs?
The authors contend that although intraregional trade in East Asia is growing rapidly, a trade bloc is not necessarily forming. They show that the trade increase can be explained entirely by factors independent of discriminatory trading arrangements, such as the rapid growth of East Asian economies. Other chapters look in detail at cases of Japanese direct investment in Southeast Asia and find little evidence of attempts by Japan to use the power of its multinational corporations for political purposes. A third group of papers attempt to gauge Japan’s leadership characteristics. They focus on Japan’s “technology ideology,” its contributions to international public goods, international monetary cooperation, and economic liberalization in East Asia.
ISBN: 0226259994
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THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TAX REFORM IN DEVELPOING COUNTRIES
₨ 895This book approaches the subject of tax reform from basic economic principles. The objectives are to develop guidelines for the design of tax policy; to show how the principles can structure systematic research into tax reform in terms of the consequences for households, producers and governments; and finally, to combine the guidelines and applied research into a practical tax package for Pakistan, where tax reform has become an urgent priority. The authors provide a coherent framework to show how principles can be formulated, applied research structured, and policies developed and appraised in a systematic manner.
The majority of developing countries are currently facing severe budgetary pressures with rising demands for expenditures and limited scope for raising extra government revenues. In addition, the revenue systems which are in place may themselves generate strong impediments to efficiency, the expansion of the economy, the growth of the tax base, equity and the achievement of development objectives. Tax reform should therefore be central to public policy and development planning and is seen as such by many governments. It has also moved to the forefront of discussion in international agencies.
This book will be useful to graduate students, academic economists, and professional economists in international organisations and governments interested in public policy and development planning. The careful application of the ideas presented here should lead to a real improvement in the development of policy and to further empirical and theoretical research.
ISBN: 9694020646
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS -
THE LAW OF ACCUMULATION AND BREAKDOWN OF THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM
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ISBN: 0745304591
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ECONOMY AND CULTURE IN PAKISTAN
₨ 12,340An examination of the economic and cultural implications of the massive national and international movements of ordinary people in a single Muslim society – Pakistan. Topics covered range from nationhood and nationalities to migration, death and martrydom in rural Pakistan.
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PAKISTAN’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1947-1990
₨ 795This book traces the development of Pakistan’s economy through four decades of the country’s existence. The author describes the four successive decades as Stagnation Decade, Development Decade, Disaster Decade, and Bondage Decade for the economy. While the book discusses developments in all the four decades, the second and fourth decades receive special attention from him. This is because the growth strategies pursued by the military rulers, F.M. Mohd. Ayub Khan in the case of second decade, and General Zia-ul-Haq in the fourth decade were of far reaching consequences. These raised important issues of economic policy and development strategy for a developing country.
In a short period of a little over four decades since independence, Pakistan has moved from the status of an independent sovereign state to a dependency position caused by compulsions of external finance that it needs to run the economy. Its foreign policy has come to be dictated by USA while its economic policies are determined by the conditionalities clauses contained in the IMF agreements for grant of special credit facilities to the country. It is with this story of struggle of a Third World country, that Pakistan is, for rapid economic development and tribulations faced by it in the process That the book deals. The discussions in the book of growth strategies, balance of payments problem, prices and wages, economic inequalities and problem of poverty should he of interest not only to students of economic history of Pakistan but also to the development economists the world over.
ISBN: 8122001556
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
