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Why Has China Grown So Fast For So Long

The book sets out to explain the sustained economic growth of China in the past 30 years. The author argues that though the trend of growth based on official statistics looks unbelievable and has been questioned by researchers all along,…

Pakistan’s Tariff Bias: Anti-Export or Anti-Consumer

Import tariffs have long been used for protecting an economy’s domestic industries from external competition. More recently, the emergence of global value chains as an integration platform into the global marketplace has stressed the importance of reducing import tariffs on…

Decolonizing the Discourse in International Relations

Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) organised a webinar on “Decolonising the Discourse in International Relations”. Usama Zamani started the discussion by saying that for many decades now the decolonised world has been decolonised in form nevertheless it still remains to…

The Politics of the Misgoverned

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the state of political institutions, the military establishment and political parties in Pakistan. It provides a nuanced understanding of the practices of disenfranchisement by theocratic governments in the country which has relegated the…

Revisiting Demographic Dividend

With a population of 207 million people and a growth rate of 2.4%, Pakistan is one of the youngest country in the world. Around 65% of Pakistan’s population is below the age of 30. Most of these young people are…