Policy Briefs

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an ongoing mega development project which aims to connect Gwadar port of Pakistan to China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang via a network of highways, railways and pipelines. The economic...

Travel and Tourism (T&T) sector is considered substantial to foster socio-economic activity. Growth of T&T sector generates both the direct,indirect and induced impacts like employment opportunities so its total contribution in terms of economic...

Transport-related problems in mega cities of Pakistan have significantly increased in recent decades. Traffic congestion contributes to increased air and noise pollution, health problems, high accident rates, and environmental degradation. It has also meant...

China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is not only a connectivity network of roads, railways, ports, oil and gas pipelines but it also provides cross-border fiber optic cable connectivity between china and Pakistan. The 820-kilometer-long...

A bilateral Currency Swap agreement can be defined as an agreement between the two central banks for the exchange of a cash flow in one currency against the cash flow in another currency according...

Pakistan’s economy lags behind on the export front for decades, which contributes to trade and current account deficit. Although the government has announced several industrialization policies in the past, but no significant change has...

Housing is considered as a most serious policy concern across the world. It has been deepening since last few decades due to high population growth, migrations, changing demographic patterns, and urban sprawl4. Economic rationales,...

The mega CPEC project aims to connect western China with Gwadar through the network of infrastructure including highways, railways, and pipelines. This corridor is an extension of “Belt and Road initiative (BRI) an idea...

Industrial sector plays a vital role in the long run economic growth of an economy. From early-nineteen century, many economies have taken up the export-led economic development policies. For the purpose they constituted the...

Innovative financing is anything different from standard investing or financing practice that has the potential to deliver significant socio-economic or environmental impact”3.This enlighten that innovative financing develops the activities for the wellbeing of the...

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are developed around the globe mainly in less developed countries as a strategy to industrialize and to accelerate the economic growth. They are demarcated territory with its own fiscal regime...

A roundtable conference was hosted by Urban Development Division of Centre of Excellence -China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CoE-CPEC) with the title of “CPEC & Climate Change-Pakistan Towards a Climate Compatible Paradigm”, organized by Dr....

Policy Recommendations Development of SEZs as smart cities rather than isolated from urban areas/markets. SEZs should enhance the capacity of workers and make them more productive rather than mere employment generation. For capacity building...

There are three main kinds of financial liabilities involved in CPEC: 1- Fiscal Liabilities – These include all debt servicing liabilities (interest payments and debt repayments) brought on by local investments financed through Chinese commercial...

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an ongoing mega development project which aims to connect Gwadar port of Pakistan to China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang via a network of highways, railways and pipelines. The economic...

Background In 2013, President Xi Jinping put forward the “One Belt One Road” (OBOR) initiative which can be termed as “Project of the Century” because it encompasses six major corridors to connect 65 countries of Asia, Europe...

Preamble: This policy brief gives the comparison of Fiscal Polices, such as corporate income tax and custom/import duty adopted by various countries of South Asia and South East Asia. Based on the comparison the policy...

Transport-related problems in Karachi have significantly increased in recent decades. Traffic congestion contributes to increased air and noise pollution, health problems, high accident rates, and environmental degradation. It has also meant declining living standards,...

From December 2016, SEZs are in focus, and are now a provincial subject. The plan for them is now being unfolded, and based on local endowment, industry specific to each location are being assessed....

Pak-China Background/ Introduction: CPEC was a dream, and it is well understood that dreams can only be achieved by hard work, passion and commitment; actually, this is what we are observing in case of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Journey...

Introduction: Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) are the firms that have limited businesses activity. Commonly, SMEs are the startup companies or already operating companies with limited financing. By a standard textbook definition; SME is characterized...