1st Edition

Pakistan - The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951-2009

By Matthew McCartney Copyright 2011
264 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a comprehensive reassessment of the development of the economy of Pakistan since independence to the present. It employs a rigorous statistical methodology, which has applicability to other developing economies, to define and measure episodes of growth and stagnation, and to examine how the state has contributed to each. Contesting the orthodox view that liberalisation has been... Read more

1. Introduction  2. A Methodological Critique and Framework  3. Episodes of Growth and Stagnation in Pakistan, 1951-2002  4. Theoretical Framework  5. An Episode of Growth, 1951/52 to 1958/59  6. An Episode of Growth, 1960/61 to 1969/70  7. An Episode of Stagnation, 1970/71 to 1991/92  8. An Episode of Stagnation, 1992/93 to 2002/03  9. An Episode of Growth, 2003/04 to 2009/09  10. Conclusion

Biography

Matthew McCartney is Lecturer in the Economics of South Asia, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. His previous publications with Routledge include India - The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951-2007 and Political Economy, Growth and Liberalisation in India, 1991-2008.