Popular discourse holds that rural development is imperative for accelerating growth. USAID too seems to hold this belief and has put most of its billions that were dedicated for growth towards the development of agriculture. Yet the results of all this effort to develop agriculture have been disappointing.
Anjum and I assert that development is essentially a city phenomenon. And that the failure of Pakistan development strategy is the inability of the economics profession to understand cities and their role in development.
So listen and please increase your research and debate in this area.
In doing so do read the Framework of economic growth and some of our work on cities that you can find on the web.
Remember to cite what you read and listen. So cite Soch Bichar if you find it useful.
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The Democracy That Delivers podcast is about democratic and economic development and the intersection between the two.
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Digitization and startups (URDU)
The Role of Government (ENGLISH)
President Ghani and his vision for Afghanistan and the Region (ENGLISH)
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UMT, Research, SMEs and Industry (ENGLISH)
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LRBT--Philanthropy at its best (ENGLISH and URDU)
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BOP Crisis Again (English)
Feasibility of the government's 5 millions Houses Program ENGLISH)
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Building the State (ENGLISH)
Evidence Based Policy (ENGLISH)
Another take on Civil Service Reform 3 (ENGLISH)
another take on civil service reform 2 (ENGLISH)
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