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FebDifferences with IMF on external needs, power losses persist
Published in The News on February 09, 2023 ISLAMABAD: Differences persist over external financing needs and power sector losses between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistani side, delaying handover of the draft memorandum of economic and financial policies (MEFP) to the Pakistan side. The scheduled timeframe for completion of […]
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FebINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL REMITTANCES AND SOCIAL CHANGE: LINKS BETWEEN HOME AND HOST COUNTRIES, 21st – 22nd February 2023
Venue: Lahore School of Economics, Burki Campus, Lahore The Centre on International Migration, Remittances and Diaspora (CIMRAD) is organizing a two-day Hybrid International Academic Conference on 21st – 22nd of February 2023, at Lahore School of Economics, Burki Campus, Lahore. The theme of the conference is “SOCIAL REMITTANCES AND SOCIAL[…]
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FebThe IMF in perspective
By Sakib Sherani Published in Dawn on February 04, 2023 A POPULAR refrain of policymakers, many TV anchors and most public commentators in Pakistan is to vilify the IMF and to blame it for the country’s myriad economic woes ranging from the rupee ‘devaluation’ to inflation. To what extent is[…]
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FebThe case for sovereign default
By Nadir Cheema Published in Dawn on February 02, 2023 THE word ‘default’ (or its less pejorative technical equivalent, ‘restructuring’) sends shivers down the spines of our policymakers and citizens alike. It shouldn’t. Sovereign default, in an economic sense, means a government reneging on its obligations. Per this meaning, almost[…]
