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Growth Potential of Small and Medium Industries in Pakistan

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  • Zafar Mahmood

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics)

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Since independence Pakistan pursued the path of industrialization with objectives of absorbing surplus labour, and bringing about a balanced regional growth . Despite rapid growth of the GDP, employment opportunities have been quite inadequate to absorb the rapidly increasing labour force in Pakistan. Inward-looking policies coupled with fiscal incentives, mostly to the large-scale industries ( Lis ) in the manufacturing sector have resulted into allocation of resources towards the capital- intensive activities and adoption of highly capital – intensive techniques which generated few employment opportunities and aggravated the balance of payments disequilibrium with a heavy dependence on imports. To date there is no explicit policy framework, which exist for small – and medium-sized industries ( SMIs ).

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  • Zafar Mahmood, 1999. "Growth Potential of Small and Medium Industries in Pakistan," PIDE Research Report 1999:169, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
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    1. M. Irfan & G. M. Arif & Syed Mubashir Ali & Hina Nazli, 1999. "The Structure of Informal Credit Market in Pakistan," PIDE-Working Papers 1999:168, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    2. A. R. Kemal & Zafar Mahmood, 1998. "The Urban Informal Sector of Pakistan. Some Stylized Facts," PIDE-Working Papers 1998:161, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    3. A.R. Kemal & Zafar Mahmood, 1998. "Characteristics of the Workers in the Urban Informal Sector of Pakistan," PIDE Research Report 1998:160, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
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