The Economy 2024 by Dr. Rashid Amjad

By Waqar Wadho Published in Dawn on April, 20, 2026 PAKISTAN’S unemployment rate has hovered around six to seven per cent for nearly three decades. Policymakers cite it, donors reproduce it, and policy conversations move on (at least until the next Labour Force Survey). A persistently modest unemployment rate, by any standard reading, signals a healthy labour […]

Lahore School of Economics NINTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGEMENT OF THE PAKISTAN ECONOMY External Vulnerabilities and Economic Growth; Macro Impact of Remittances Rashid Amjad Professor of Economics Lahore School of Economics 8-9 April, 2026 Lahore The Macro Impact of Remittances Debate 2.Methodology:  The Remittance Multiplier 3.Average value of the remittance multiplier 1.Across Developing Countries 2.Pakistan 1973-2003 vs[…]