focuses on the factors which are affecting export performance of Pakistan furniture industry. The study provides a brief overview of the problems which are creating hindrance for furniture exporters. Also, it provides some suggestions and recommendations to the government and furniture exporters through which they can improve their performance of exports. The study concludes the factors both exogenous and endogenous, which prove to be creating obstacles in the export of furniture. Introduction:-
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each sector-Export, Import, Foreign Aid and Remittance, on GDP of Bangladesh. It also involves an analysis of the behavior of these factors in three SAARC countries and the application of the regression model developed. The economic model was developed based on the past behavior of GDP and the external sector. It indicated that Remittance is the sector having the most significant impact on GDP and aid the second most significant. While imports negatively affect economic growth, exports have played
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3 Measures for Promoting Exports in the Short and Medium Terms Mainstream India has emerged victorious in the recent recession, which started in the US and engulfed the whole world in a short span of time. India could be able to secure respectable rates of growth even post-crisis years (except last two years 2012-13 and 2013-14), which were the second highest in world after China. The recent revision has improved the GDP growth rates of the last three years as well, though it raises the
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Islamic Banking Department State Bank of Pakistan The Team Name Designation Contact Mr. Pervez Said Director Pervez.Said@sbp.org.pk Mr. Imran Ahmad Senior Joint Director Imran.Ahmad@sbp.org.pk Ms. Fatima Javaid Regulating Officer Fatima.Javaid@sbp.org.pk TABLE OF CONTENTS S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 Background Introduction Prudential regulations for SME Financing Importance in light of Strategic Plan for Islamic Banking Industry Scope of Islamic Banking over Conventional
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Provincial Economic Development: Performance, Challenges, and the Way Forward Khalid Ikram* 1. Introduction Analyses of economic development in Pakistan have traditionally followed a “top-down” approach. They examine the behavior of macroeconomic indicators for the country as a whole, referring only in a general, even cursory, manner to the trajectories of each province, and even more summarily to the policy issues, constraints, and opportunities that confront the different provinces. The implicit
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and Business (CREB) was established in 2007 to conduct policy-oriented research with a rigorous academic perspective on key development issues facing Pakistan. In addition the Centre (i) facilitates and coordinates research by the faculty at the Lahore School of Economics, (ii) hosts visiting international scholars undertaking research on Pakistan and (iii) administers the postgraduate programme leading to the M Phil and PhD Degree at the Lahore School. An important goal of the Centre is to promote
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small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), they seemed to be slacking in the area of internationalisation. In spite of the fact that international markets can provide them better opportunities for long term growth and profitability, their share of export sales is disproportionately lower than their share of sales in the domestic economy (Acs, Morck, Shaver, and Yeung, 1997). For example, in Malaysia, although SMEs made up of more than 90 percent of the total manufacturing firms, currently these firms
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non-economic variables considered as sine qua non for development, political stability comes first. One may argue that other non-economic factors like rule of law, law and order situation are subsumed under political stability. On the other hand, major determinants of development like savings and investment, relative price stability, human resources, level of technology, factor productivity can play an effective role when political atmosphere is congenial. For example, it is argued that political stability
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the region. As such, Bangladesh was part of British India until the region was split up into India and Pakistan in 1947. Pakistan was comprised of West Pakistan (current Pakistan) and East Bengal (current Bangladesh. This awkward arrangement of a two-part country with its territorial units 1,600 km apart left the Bengalis marginalized and dissatisfied. In 1971, East Bengal separated from Pakistan and was renamed Bangladesh. Ever since, economic development has been very slow, hampered by political
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Routine Items: 19 Leverage Items: 19 Bottleneck Items: 19 Critical Items: 19 International Procurement 20 Factories’ Procurement 25 Modes of Payment 25 Payment against Documents 26 Procurement Standards being Followed 26 Risks Factors 26 Overcoming Risks 26 Executive Summary This project report is based on work assigned basically to study the procurement process of any reputable organization. After due analysis we chose Bestway cement limited to work on, because it has
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