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001 2010049349
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008 101206s2011 enka b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780415577472 (hardback)
020 $a0415577470 (hardback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn641536179
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043 $aa-pk---
050 00 $aHC440.5$b.M38 2011
082 00 $a330.95491/05$222
100 1 $aMcCartney, Matthew,$d1974-
245 10 $aPakistan--the political economy of growth, stagnation and the state, 1951-2009 /$cMatthew McCartney.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2011.
300 $axxii, 241 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aRoutledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ;$v103
520 $a"This book provides a comprehensive reassessment of the development of the economy of Pakistan since independence to the present. It employs a rigorous statistical methodology, which has applicability to other developing economies, to define and measure episodes of growth and stagnation, and to examine how the state has contributed to each. Contesting the orthodox view that liberalisation has been an important driver of growth in Pakistan, the book places the state at the centre of economic development, rather than the market. It examines the state in relation to its economic roles in mobilising resources and promoting a productive allocation of those resources, and its political roles in managing the conflict inherent in economic development. The big conclusions for economic growth in Pakistan are that liberalisation, the market and the external world economy in fact have less influence than that of the state and conflict. Overall, the book offers analyses of the different successive approaches to promoting economic growth and development in Pakistan, relates these to medium-term economic outcomes - periods of growth and stagnation - and thereby explains how the mechanisms by which the state can better promote growth and development."--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
651 0 $aPakistan$xEconomic policy.
651 0 $aPakistan$xEconomic conditions.