25th Annual General Meeting and Conference of PSDE

27th AGM and Conference Papers (Day1)

Growth and Entrepreneurship

1.
Economic Growth and Regional Convergence: The Case of Pakistan by Mudassar Nazir and Hafiz M. Yasin
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2. Infrastructure and Growth by Muhammad Imran and Javeria Niazi
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3. What Determines Innovation in the Manufacturing Sector? Evidence from Pakistan by Mahreen Mahmud and Hamna Ahmed
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4. Innovation and Firm-level Productivity: Econometric Evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan by Abdul Waheed
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Exchange Rate Dynamics

1. Testing the Harrod Balassa Sameulson Hypothesis: The Case of Pakistan
by Sunila Jabeen, Waseem Shahid Malik and Azad Haider
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2. The Current Account Dynamics in Pakistan: An Intertemporal Optimisation Perspective by Tahir Mukhtar and Aliya H. Khan
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3. It’s not Yen, Euro or Koala Bloc: Greenback is Still Dominant in East Asia by Francesco Barbera, Ahmed M. Khalid and Gulasekaran Rajaguru
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4. Economic Freedom, Exchange Rates Stability and FDI in South Asia
Zafar Mueen Nasir and Arshad Hassan
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Environment and Energy

1. Dynamic Relationship between Energy and Economic Growth: Evidence from D8 Countries by Sarwat Razzaqi and Saadia Sherbaz
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2. Impact of Rooftop Rain Water Harvesting (RRWH) Technology on Women Time Allocation in Hilly and Fragile Areas of Bagh and Battagram Districts by Ajaz Ahmed, Usman Mustafa and Mahmood Khalid
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3.

Green Growth: An Environmental Technology Approach
Rabia Manzoor and Ghulam Samad
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4. Macroeconomic Effects of Global Food and Oil Price Shocks to the Pakistan’s Economy: A Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) Analysis
by Muhammad Arshad Khan and Ayaz Ahmed
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28th AGM Conference Theme

Economic Reforms for Productivity, Innovation, and Growth

Sub-Themes

  1. Trade Openness and Industrial Competitiveness
  2. Modern Services as Drivers of Growth
  3. Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  4. Public Sector Reforms
  5. Agricultural Productivity and Markets
  6. Demographic Transition and Labor Markets

 

Submission

Email: psde@pide.org.pk

Download: PSDE Membership Form
Download
: "Abstract Form" of Call for Papers


 

Postal:

Pakistan Society of Development Economists, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. Quaid-i-Azam University Campus, P.O. Box 1091, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

28th AGM Dates to Remember

Conference Dates
November 13-15, 2012

PSDE Programme

Venue

Marriott Hotel Islamabad
Agha Khan Road, Shalimar 5,
P.O.Box 1251 Islamabad.
Phone: +92 (51) 111-223344, 2826121
Fax: +92 (51) 2820648, 2825113
Email: marriott@isb.paknet.com.pk

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