Pakistan: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund

No 2002/247, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix on Pakistan looks at the worrisome trend of declining growth from a growth-accounting point of view. The paper provides considerable evidence that Pakistan’s striking “social gap” in education and health is indeed a main culprit for a weakening growth performance. It looks at the financial sector as an additional area that is central for growth and governance, and where reforms are well advanced. The paper also analyzes how to ensure a continuation of prudent fiscal policies in Pakistan that would reduce public debt to more sustainable levels.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; debt; bank; governance problem; TFP growth; chapter II; debt target; reduction path; Debt reduction; Total factor productivity; South Asia; Asia and Pacific (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 121
Date: 2002-11-11
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