The relationship between the Haves and Have not’s
Traditional evidence based on macro economic data draws an inflated positive relationship between investment in road transport infrastructure and economic development. Recent studies based on the developed world moderate this impact by exemplifying that a rise in infrastructure investments by 3-4% percentage points of GDP reduces poverty by [...]
How do we measure quality of leadership: through success or ability?
Most generally success. However, that does not mean there was only one Einstein or Newton. There must have been many, but the appropriate channelisation, opportunities, luck, results and fame were only achieved by the named few, similarly for leaders. For instance, the idea of an [...]
Ever wondered who draws the highest premium from life as a whole, measured in terms of living ‘within’ each moment, in the current (present) state and time of reality. Many may associate wealth with such a reality, and would conclude in favor of the rich. I would note otherwise, and crown the poor with such [...]
External observers to the field of development often fail to understand the worth and significance of the work undertaken by development specialists. Paradoxically, such realities are stronger in the developing world relative to the developed world, where the need of the profession is most significant. To note, several times, I have been asked, as to [...]
In order to achieve effective results, that is turn ideological aims, goals and concepts into effective practice, policy makers need better vocabulary, similar to business managers, who need better vocabulary to effectively manage and derive optimal results from their team members.
The idea stems from an interesting piece written by Nadeem Chauhan of Navitus Consultancy, who [...]
This post is a response to the article published by Sanjay Kartaria on the magazine last week: How Anti Inflation Works.
I realize that is the idea, but does it really work?
This article drew my interest given what I feel is the basic policy dilemma which is based on replicating policy from one end of the [...]
When we thought we had it all figured out, there came along some interesting notes:
‘Raghu’s paper is squarely in that “old” political-economy tradition: it asks why countries do not reform and why underdevelopment persists as a result. His answer is a twist on the traditional story: the problem is not so much a narrow set [...]
For centuries music has been associated as the liberating factor, a factor whose status and practice shows the stance and stage of liberty at which a society stands!
For instance, ‘Rock music was severely restricted in Communist dictatorships, just as jazz was in Nazi Germany, for all the Platonic reasons: uncontrolled passions were seen as a [...]
No- was the verdict given by an interesting article produced at the South Asian blog. In the following post, I would present my perspective on the article, and would further develop a theoretical model (hypothesis), based on the re-definition of modernity as defined towards the latter half of the post. Hopefully, you will stay tuned [...]
The Higher Education Dilemma- Case Pakistan
A few weeks ago, while discussing the future of Pakistan, I hit some clichés which although vital can be considered redundant in terms of thought and creativity of development in Pakistan, as they are equivalent to banging on the old closed door, ‘for and against’ a rhetoric of education which [...]
Written by Ali Sohail | Saturday, August 16, 2008
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