The approval we imagine
Dawn, July 15, 2026
How misperceptions of community approval can constrain women’s employment even when communities are more accepting than people believe.
Inefficient by design
Dawn, June 20, 2026
Why persistent policy distortions may reflect political incentives rather than repeated failures of implementation.
Trapped in place
Dawn, April 20, 2026
What Pakistan’s labor-force microdata reveal about informality, women’s employment and the economy’s inability to create quality formal jobs.
The missing take-off
Dawn, April 4, 2026
A political-economy interpretation of why repeated stabilization has not produced structural transformation in Pakistan.
Not the NFC’s fault
Dawn, January 14, 2026
Why Pakistan’s fiscal problems should not be attributed to provincial transfers, and the case for a technically grounded NFC framework.
A flawed mirror
Dawn, December 17, 2025
Why weak sampling and perception-based measures can produce misleading claims about corruption.
Dawn, November 28, 2025
Why Pakistan’s growth problem is fundamentally an innovation problem, and why stronger capabilities, knowledge diffusion, and competition are essential for sustained productivity growth.
Lack of innovation leaves Pakistan uncompetitive globally
Express Tribune, September 30, 2019
Why weak innovation constrains firm growth, productivity, and upgrading in Pakistan, and why stronger innovation systems are needed to move firms up global value chains.
Why Pakistani Industry Does Not Upgrade: Lessons from the Firm-Level Evidence
Discourse, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 2026
Geography of Poverty and Industrial Clusters in Pakistan: Some Policy Implications
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
Innovation in the Textiles Sector of Pakistan
CDPR / International Growth Centre
The Missing Growth Model & Risk Premium: Debt, IMF & the Illusion of Stability
SIA Conversations
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Why Innovation Fails in Pakistan: Markets, Businesses & Entrepreneurs Can’t Compete
SIA Conversations
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Analysis: Is this a rollback of 18th Amendment?
Dawn (04-11-2025)
15% services tax on medical, edu facilities draws flak
Express Tribune (16-06-2024)
Business Recorder (27-08-2020)
Textile, apparel: Young innovative firms key drivers of job growth
Express Tribune (23-12-2018)
Apparel producers more innovative than unstitched segment: study
Express Tribune (24-12-2017)
Innovation will help boost textile sector
Express Tribune (28-09-2016)
Corruption main hurdle to economic growth
Dawn (19-07-2011)