Omer Javed

The IMF must part of the solution, not the problemRecently, the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, gave a speech at the ‘Peterson Institut

Te World Bank’s gloomy picture The World Bank Group recently launched its flagship report, Global Economic Prospects [GEP] 2020: Slow Growth, Policy Challenges in which expected glo

The report has relevance to PakistanThe World Bank recently launched the fifth report under its series of Global Financial Development Report (GFDR), titled ‘Banking regulation and supervisi

Pakistan is among the countries likely to experience the most impact, but is not doing the needed research There is indeed significant consensus among the international community, amo

Pakistan should impose a $30 a ton carbon tax by 2030 With regard to the global warming targets, article 1, clause (b) of the Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, indicated ‘Holding the

The potential of tourism is untappedThe PM routinely mentions about the potential of tourism in Pakistan, given its diverse topology, immense cultural depth, and rich visual history. Having sa

Measuring the sector accurately is essentialThe Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has been actively taking steps, especially in the recent past, to increase documentation of the economy. Along wi

Academics qho have moved away from the neoliberal frameworkTrickle-down economics did not really bear fruits towards either lowering income inequality or denting poverty, in any sustained way.

School education and economy At the time of the fall of the USSR, Finland was struggling with its deep economic growth issues, but in a few years’ time it was able to turn around it

The visit did not revisit the EFF An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission led by its Mission Chief of Middle East and Central Asia, Ernesto Ramirez Rigo, visited Pakistan d

The problem has solutions Karachi is the economic hub of Pakistan, and has the highest population among all the 100-plus cities of the country. Yet the city is marred with the crisis

Karachi is like Damascus. And without a civil war! The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) recently launched, ‘The Global Liveability Index 2019’. According to the Report the Index