TY - BOOK AU - Parvez Hasan TI - Pakistan's Economy at the Crossroads: past policies and present imperatives SN - 0-19577939-8(hbk.) U1 - TRRC 338.95491 PAR PY - 1998/// CY - Karachi PB - Oxford University Press, KW - Pakistan Economic conditions KW - Economic history KW - Pakistan N2 - "This book assesses Pakistan's economic performance during the first fifty years of its existence. It tries to answer two fundamental questions: what factors have contributed to the steady, if not spectacular, growth in Pakistan, despite high political volatility and the failure of development to dominate the national agenda over long periods of time? And why has the growth been so lopsided that the sustainability of the development process has been jeopardized?" "The book also presents an agenda for policy and institutional reform which would help to restore rapid growth, put the country's finances on a sound footing, and, above all, ensure a better distribution of growth benefits to all segments of the population."--BOOK JACKET ER -