Development Challenges Confronting Pakistan
Anita M. Weiss and Saba Gul Khattak, editors | | ISBN: 978-1-56549-552-4 $72.00 |
| ISBN: 978-1-56549-553-1 $27.50 |
| 2013/280 pages/LC: 2012022876 A Kumarian Press Book |
DESCRIPTION
Although scholars and practitioners have identified explicit structural impediments that constrain countries' efforts to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable social development, there has been limited research conducted to identify the specific barriers to development that prevail in Pakistan today. The authors of Development Challenges Confronting Pakistan go far toward filling this void, articulating the unique blend of factors that affect Pakistan’s ability to eliminate poverty and promote social justice.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Anita M. Weiss is professor of international studies at the University of Oregon. Saba Gul Khattak serves on the Planning Commission of the government of Pakistan.
CONTENTS
- Introduction—A.M. Weiss.
- ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.
- Explaining the Puzzle of Pakistan's Lagging Economic Growth—S.R. Khan.
- Dependency Is Dead: Long Live Dependency—A.S. Akhtar.
- Insecurity Breeds Insecurity—A.Q. Suleri.
- CHALLENGES OF INFRASTRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION.
- What Must Be Changed in Pakistan's Legal System, But How to Succeed?—A. Ahsan.
- Political Impediments to Development—H.A. Rizvi.
- Reforming Pakistan's Bureaucracy: Will the Eighteenth Amendment Help?—S. Shafqat.
- CHALLENGES OF HUMAN SECURITY.
- Social Protection: Extending Exclusion or Ending Exclusion?—S.G. Khattak.
- "No American, No Gun, No BS": Tourism, Terrorism, and the Eighteenth Amendment—J. Mock.
- The Importance of Population Policy in Pakistan—Z. Sathar and P.C. Miller.
- Religion and Development Challenges in Pakistan—M.K. Masud.
- Faith-Based Versus Rights-Based Development for Pakistani Women—A.S. Zia.
- ONGOING CHALLENGES OF MILITANCY, INSECURITY, AND POLITICAL PATHS.
- Gendered Peripheries: Structuring the Nation, the State, and Consensus in Pakistan—N. Brohi.
- Pakistan's Political Development: Will the Future Be Like the Past?—A.J. Tellis.
- The Intersection of Development, Politics, and Security—M. Yusuf.
