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This book analyses the paradoxes of Pakistan's economy,
meritocratic domestic policy and the role of the state and civil
society. It argues that the transition in the county's foreign
policy from geo-politics to geo-economic depends on a fundamental
domestic policy transition from kleptocracy to meritocracy. Civil
Society and Pakistan's Economy discusses how the prevalence of rent
seeking practices has undermined merit-based practices by
increasing the cost of doing business and converting public loss
into private profit by awarding inappropriate subsidies and
imposing regressive taxes. The analyses are supported by describing
the instruments and mechanisms used for rent seeking practices and
the creation of public awareness of options available to change
these practices through citizen's action and civil society
engagement. The book also shows the path of transformation and the
role of participation and argues that aspiring for and capturing
power is not the only way to transform Pakistan. A novel analysis
depicting macro-micro linkages of encroachment of socio-economic
space by the power elites and effective strategies used for its
reappropriation by the people, the book will be of interest to
academics researching South Asian Studies, in particular South
Asian economics and politics.
This book centers around an intense debate among donors,
policymakers, development practitioners, and academics on the
efficacy of aid in eradicating poverty while promoting human
development. It seeks to fill the gap in present literature by
presenting stories of better spending through implementing
Sustainable Development Goals and addressing Agenda 2030 via
indigenization of global development goals with initiatives at
local and national levels. The book adopts an innovative approach
to dealing with aid effectiveness by highlighting the relevance of
better spending, rather than excessive spending. It does so with
real-life examples of interventions made in the Global South to
realize the vision of "thinking globally and acting locally". These
case studies speak to the significance of communities' role in
shouldering responsibility for planning, financing, operating, and
maintaining local developmental initiatives. The examples also
demonstrate how aid serves its purpose when used as an investment
in communities and enterprising individuals, in order to realize
the strategic impact of giving and build a local "receiving
mechanism" for indigenizing and achieving global development goals.
The book references cases of better spending by governments,
philanthropists, and civil society organizations (CSOs) from across
Asia, Africa, and Latin America on a range of issues and will,
thus, be of interest to development practitioners, policymakers,
donors, philanthropists, civil society organizations, and academics
and students of international development studies.
This book explores the causes and consequences of market failure in
bridging societal differences to create a shared economy. It
questions the current world order and evaluates socio-economic
gains in reference to the social origins of the economic agents.
With a need to counterbalance economic growth with social equality
and environmental sustainability, the book proposes innovative
approaches to address key questions on the contemporary global
economy such as, "Is the Global socio-economic order supportive of
the pursuit of rational and enlightened self -interest?", "Is it a
unipolar power centre and neoliberal economic policy regime?", "Can
the system reinvent itself?", etc. One approach encourages going
back to the golden past and making things "great again", insisting
that history has ended and the failures of old global institutions
be blamed on the "Clash of Civilizations". Another approach
advocates giving up the intellectual comfort zone of elegant but
irrelevant neo-liberal explanations of global challenges and asking
new questions that take academic debate to the public square. The
book examines the internal challenges and contradictions that cause
disintegration and proposes alternative ideas and practices in
moving the global community beyond the free market regime. The book
will appeal to students and academics of development studies,
political economy, political science, sociology, as well as
policymakers and public opinion makers interested in creating a new
egalitarian global society.
This book explores the causes and consequences of market failure in
bridging societal differences to create a shared economy. It
questions the current world order and evaluates socio-economic
gains in reference to the social origins of the economic agents.
With a need to counterbalance economic growth with social equality
and environmental sustainability, the book proposes innovative
approaches to address key questions on the contemporary global
economy such as, "Is the Global socio-economic order supportive of
the pursuit of rational and enlightened self -interest?", "Is it a
unipolar power centre and neoliberal economic policy regime?", "Can
the system reinvent itself?", etc. One approach encourages going
back to the golden past and making things "great again", insisting
that history has ended and the failures of old global institutions
be blamed on the "Clash of Civilizations". Another approach
advocates giving up the intellectual comfort zone of elegant but
irrelevant neo-liberal explanations of global challenges and asking
new questions that take academic debate to the public square. The
book examines the internal challenges and contradictions that cause
disintegration and proposes alternative ideas and practices in
moving the global community beyond the free market regime. The book
will appeal to students and academics of development studies,
political economy, political science, sociology, as well as
policymakers and public opinion makers interested in creating a new
egalitarian global society.
This book centers around an intense debate among donors,
policymakers, development practitioners, and academics on the
efficacy of aid in eradicating poverty while promoting human
development. It seeks to fill the gap in present literature by
presenting stories of better spending through implementing
Sustainable Development Goals and addressing Agenda 2030 via
indigenization of global development goals with initiatives at
local and national levels. The book adopts an innovative approach
to dealing with aid effectiveness by highlighting the relevance of
better spending, rather than excessive spending. It does so with
real-life examples of interventions made in the Global South to
realize the vision of "thinking globally and acting locally". These
case studies speak to the significance of communities' role in
shouldering responsibility for planning, financing, operating, and
maintaining local developmental initiatives. The examples also
demonstrate how aid serves its purpose when used as an investment
in communities and enterprising individuals, in order to realize
the strategic impact of giving and build a local "receiving
mechanism" for indigenizing and achieving global development goals.
The book references cases of better spending by governments,
philanthropists, and civil society organizations (CSOs) from across
Asia, Africa, and Latin America on a range of issues and will,
thus, be of interest to development practitioners, policymakers,
donors, philanthropists, civil society organizations, and academics
and students of international development studies.
Aid effectiveness has emerged as an intensely debated issue amongst
policy makers, donors, development practitioners, civil society and
academics during the past decade. This debate revolves around one
important question: does official development assistance
complement, duplicate or disregard the local resource endowment in
offering support to recipient economies? This book draws on
Pakistan's experience in responding to this question with a diverse
range of examples. It focuses on a central idea: no aid
effectiveness without an effective receiving mechanism. Pakistan is
among the top aid recipient countries in the developing economies.
It was a shining model in the sixties and it ranks among the highly
underperforming countries after the new millennium. This book
offers an insight into the dynamics of success and failure of
Pakistan in availing foreign financial and technical assistance for
human development and poverty alleviation. It draws on field
experiences to present case studies on water, shelter, health,
education, and health and safety at work to identify the causes and
consequences of aid in relation to social reality. Findings relate
to developing economies and would be of interest to a wide range of
individuals within the development sector.
Aid effectiveness has emerged as an intensely debated issue amongst
policy makers, donors, development practitioners, civil society and
academics during the past decade. This debate revolves around one
important question: does official development assistance
complement, duplicate or disregard the local resource endowment in
offering support to recipient economies? This book draws on
Pakistan's experience in responding to this question with a diverse
range of examples. It focuses on a central idea: no aid
effectiveness without an effective receiving mechanism. Pakistan is
among the top aid recipient countries in the developing economies.
It was a shining model in the sixties and it ranks among the highly
underperforming countries after the new millennium. This book
offers an insight into the dynamics of success and failure of
Pakistan in availing foreign financial and technical assistance for
human development and poverty alleviation. It draws on field
experiences to present case studies on water, shelter, health,
education, and health and safety at work to identify the causes and
consequences of aid in relation to social reality. Findings relate
to developing economies and would be of interest to a wide range of
individuals within the development sector.
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