Foodgrains Availability Money Supply and the Price Level in East Pakistan

A.K.M. Rabbani and R. C. Repetio
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A.K.M. Rabbani: Planning Department Government of East Pakistan,
R. C. Repetio: Planning Department Government of East Pakistan,

The Pakistan Development Review, 1968, vol. 8, issue 2, 281-287

Abstract: The stabilisation of prices within reasonable limits is unquestionably a necessary element of short-term planning. Wide fluctuations can upset longerterm growth plans, and have adverse repercussions on welfare and efficiency. In East Pakistan, the problem of short-term stabilisation revolves around the agricultural sector, which is the major source of income, wage goods, export earnings, and industrial raw materials. The agricultural sector, which so dominates the economy, is subject to considerable supply fluctuations caused by variable weather conditions, the uncertain effects of flood and drought. Annual swings in production of major crops can easily amount to 10 or 15 per cent, enough to determine conditions of scarcity or abundance for the East Pakistan economy as a whole.

Date: 1968
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