Economic and technological performance of a developing country like Tunisia depends on its R&D efforts as well as its absorptive capacity of foreign R&D. In spite of launching several ambitious R & ... Read More

This study intends to observe empirically the effect of government spending in social sectors on economic growth during the period 1974-2008 in Pakistan. The results of the study reveal the existenc ... Read More

SMEs in Bangladesh are playing a pivotal role in its economic development. Competitive intelligence in Bangladesh is at an infancy stage as SMEs do not follow any formal structure and often use the ... Read More

Remittances are playing an increasingly important role in the economies of developing countries. This paper studies the effects of these flows on Pakistan’s labour market. The 2007-08 Household Inte ... Read More

Using annual data from 1961 to 2005 growth rate of gross domestic product at the constant prices of year 2000 is taken in the dependent variable and growth rates of employment level, gross fixed cap ... Read More

South Asian economies in general and Pakistan in particular exhibit gender inequalities in education, employment, and health outcomes. These inequalities have significant impact on economic developm ... Read More

Emerging markets like Pakistan are becoming an attractive place for foreign investors. Foreign investment crucially depends on expected exchange rate movements. This study attempts to determine, whe ... Read More

Given the gradual rise in packed milk consumption in the country, the study examines the level and determinants of consumer perception of packed milk in Pakistan. In order to seek the objectives of ... Read More

Ordinary Least Square (OLS) estimator is assumed to be an unbiased estimator and the errors are normally distributed. However often is the case that stock returns characteristically have non-symmetr ... Read More

This study applies a modified gravity model of total trade to analyze Bosnia and Herzegovina`s (BiH) trade flows with its major trade partners. The results of this study show that major determinants ... Read More

This study examines the causal relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth in Nigeria from 1980 to 2008. The model is augmented with the inclusion of capital and labour as added ... Read More


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