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OctPakistan Migration Report 2020 Launched
The Centre on Migration, Remittances and Diaspora (CIMRAD), Lahore School of Economics launched the Pakistan Migration Report 2020 on 19 February 2020. Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity, was the chief guest of the event. The speakers included Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry, Rector, Lahore School […]
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OctRemittances above $2b for fourth month in a row: PM Imran
Published in The Express Tribune on October 12, 2020 Pakistan recorded an inflow of $2.3b foreign currency in September ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed on Monday that the remittances flowing into Pakistan reached $2.3 billion in September 2020, keeping the inflow of foreign currency to the country above $2 billion[…]
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NovDr. Philip Wood, Professor at Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Agha Khan University, United Kingdom (AKU-ISMC) visited CIMRAD
Dr. Philip Wood, professor at Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Agha Khan University, United Kingdom (AKU-ISMC), visited the Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS) on November 7, 2019. After a meeting with the Director of GIDS he addressed the faculty, staff and students. He presented his study on[…]
False signals
THE prime minister has praised his economic team for an ‘economic turnaround’ that comprises declines in the current account and fiscal deficits and increases in FDI and remittances. All these are misleading indicators but one is especially egregious and contradictory. Why is the increase in remittances considered part of the[…]
