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 an important driver of growth in Pakistan, the book places the state at the centre of economic development, rather than the market. It examines the state in relation to its economic roles in mobilising resources and promoting a productive allocation of those resources, and its political roles in managing the conflict inherent in economic development. The big conclusions for economic growth in Pakistan are that liberalisation, the market and the external world economy in fact have less influence than that of the state and conflict. Overall, the book offers analyses of the different successive approaches to promoting economic growth and development in Pakistan, relates these to medium-term economic outcomes - periods of growth and stagnation - and thereby explains how the mechanisms by which the state can better promote growth and development.

About the Author
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.


Book Information
ISBN 9780415577472
Author Matthew McCartney
Format Hardback
Page Count 264
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 650g