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Revitalizing industrial growth in Pakistan: trade, infrastructure, and environmental performance [1]

Pakistan’s population is growing and becoming more urbanized. By 2020, Karachi and Lahore will each have a population of well over 10 million people and several other cities will have a population of at least one million. These trends offer both risks and opportunities. Badly managed urban centers with poor services and slim opportunity for gainful employment could become centers of discontent and social conflict. Alternatively, properly managed and well-connected cities can help firms become more competitive, and with the right set of policies, promote industrialization and life-changing employment opportunities. In order to capitalize on these opportunities, Pakistan will need to take decisive steps to deepen the pool of skills, strengthen the commercial environment, upgrade infrastructure, diversify production, and climb up the technology ladder. Revitalizing Industrial Growth in Pakistan: Trade, Infrastructure, and Environmental Performance addresses ways in which Pakistan can revitalize its manufacturing by reducing the cost of doing business, improving the investment climate, and strengthening institutions to facilitate the flow of people, goods, and ideas and thus stimulate medium-term growth and job creation. Such revitalization is sorely needed to place the country on a sustained path of high economic growth.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2014
Ernesto Sánchez-Triana [2], Dan Biller [3], Ijaz Nabi [4], & et al [5]
The World Bank [6]
Tags:
Industry [7], Environment [8], Environment Management [9], Pakistan [10], South Asia [11], Industrial Pollution [12], Trade [13], Urbanisation [14], Economic Development [15]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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