Screen LibraryPakistan--the political economy of growth, stagnation and the state, 1951-2009
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; 103 |
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| Carrier Form: | xxii, 241 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780415577472 (hardback) 0415577470 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | F135 |
| CLC: | F135.30 |
| Call Number: | F135.30/M123 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. "This book provides a comprehensive reassessment of the development of the economy of Pakistan since independence to the present. It employs a rigorous statistical methodology, which has applicability to other developing economies, to define and measure episodes of growth and stagnation, and to examine how the state has contributed to each. Contesting the orthodox view that liberalisation has been an important driver of growth in Pakistan, the book places the state at the centre of economic development, rather than the market. It examines the state in relation to its economic roles in mobili |