National Judicial Conference urges complete independence of judiciary

Conference urges complete independence of judiciary
By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD Feb 11: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Sunday said terrorism, street crimes, corruption, negligence and misuse of authority were eating into the vitals of society and asked for realistic reform strategies for focusing more on welfare and security of the citizens.
Speaking at the concluding [...]

Low Investment Result of Bad Policies [BY: Ihtashamul Haque]

ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Badly designed regulations and policies have created “unnecessary barriers” that are obstructing adequate local and foreign investment in the country.
Informed sources told Dawn on Saturday that President Gen Pervez Musharraf had directed senior officials of the ministry of finance and the Board of Investment (BoI) to remove all hurdles in the way [...]

Ways to curb inflationary pressures

Ways to curb inflationary pressures
  By Hussain H, Zaidi

According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), inflation would range between 6.8–7.5 per cent during the current financial year against the government target of 6.5 per cent. This means inflation as measured by the consumer price index would be only four percentage points lower than the [...]

Development Statistics can be fun

The animated graphics prepared by Gapminder provide a nice explanation of the Human Development Trends, and make more accessible some of the development statistics we use frequently.
Using these same tools Gapminder’s founder, Hans Rosling, proves in a brilliant presentation at TED that development statistics can even be entertaining.
Create your own animated charts and maps.
[Via PSDblog and FP Passport]
Source: This Article is taken from World [...]

Aid and Macroeconomic Challenges

Aid and Macroeconomic Challenges
Aiyar, Berg and Hussain (2005) (ABH) examine the macroeconomic challenges for five African countries—Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda—that experienced a large increase in aid inflows. All five countries are considered good performers with strong institutions and have benefited from the general rise in aid discussed in earlier sections and in particular [...]

Science and Technology: Building Capacity for Development

The January issue of Development Outreach, the World Bank Institute’s publication, is out. Collaborators in this issue look at Science and Technology and how it can support Development.
Editorial: Building Science, Technology and Innovation Capacity: Turning ideas into actions, by Alfred Watkins, Egbe Osifo-Dawodu, Michael Ehst, and Boubou Cisse
Poverty Alleviation and Economic Growth in Rwanda through S&T, [...]

Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth

The book “Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth, Insights and Lessons from Country Experiences” was launched today at the World Bank.
 
This book contributes to the debate on how to accelerate poverty reduction by providing insights from eight countries that have been relatively successful in delivering pro-poor growth (or shared growth, using the new terminology): [...]

Visit FREE Economics Web Portal: A newly launched website

A new Economics website is launched. Visit [ http://free-economics.tripod.com ]. This is a FREE economics Web portal for all the students and teachers of the economics. The Main purpose and objective of building this site is to provide the a platform of links to other economics resources. This website contains the information and educational and [...]

Scaling Up Aid [Part -II]

Aid and the Government Budget
A scaling up of aid that may facilitate a greater expansion in public services but increased flows will also bring challenges for managing and delivering that extra aid.  For example, aid flows, which are by definiton  volatile can create serious budgetary challenges that feed in turn to individual ministries.  The ministry’s goal [...]

Scaling Up Aid [Part -I]

Scaling Up Aid 
 
The principle of mutual accountability lies at the heart of the Millennium Declaration signed by 189 countries in 1999, which aims to scale up aid to developing countries and to ensure that aid is used effectively in reaching the Millennium Development Goals.  On the one hand, donors—multilateral and bilateral—must increase aid flows, improve [...]