... outcomes in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach We employ district-level unbalanced panel data from Pakistan from various rounds of Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Surveys and Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys compiled by the Data4Pakistan, Pakistan District Development Portal. We...

...Muhammad Zubair Khan; Ismail Khan; Zeeshan Ahmed; Muhammad Sualeh Khattak; Muhammad Asim Afridi Purpose This study aims to test the Kuznets curve between economic growth and child labor, along with the influence of exports, household size and rural population in the context of Pakistan. Design...

...Ambreen Sarwar; Atif Khan Jadoon; Mumtaz Anwar Chaudhry; Ayesha Latif; Maria Faiq Javaid Purpose Child malnutrition is a grave concern for Pakistan, as the country has one of the highest incidences of child stunting in the developing world. The present study examines the relative significance...

...Zahrah Rafique Purpose One of the targets of sustainable development goal (SDG) 2030 is to reduce maternal mortality ratio to 70 per 100,000 live births and ensure pregnant women attend at least four antenatal visits. In urban Pakistan, it is expected that more women utilize antenatal care (ANC...

...Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik; Evelyn S. Devadason; Chandran Govindaraju Purpose This study examines the influence of human capital, overall and by dimensions, on the export performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector of Pakistan. The study also investigates the role...

...Muhammad Waqas Khalid; Junaid Zahid; Muhammad Ahad; Aadil Hameed Shah; Fakhra Ashfaq Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure the unidimensional and multidimensional inequality in the case of Pakistan and compare their results at the provincial as well as regional (urban and rural areas...

... are explanatory variables under ARDL framework from 1976 to 2014 at annual frequency for Pakistan. Findings Direct taxes have positive relation with economic growth in the long run. Sales tax, tax on international trade (tariffs) and other indirect taxes have positive impact on economic growth of Pakistan...

...@wiwi.uni-goettingen.de 20 03 2017 09 10 2017 17 01 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Pakistan Consumption patterns Expenditure Domestic remittances International remittances O12 O15...

...Shahab E. Saqib; John K.M. Kuwornu; Mokbul Morshed Ahmad; Sanaullah Panezai Purpose The Government of Pakistan has allocated a substantial proportion of agricultural credit to subsistence farmers. The purpose of this paper is to analyze farmers’ access to credit and its adequacy in the light...

...Qurra-tul-ain Ali Sheikh; Mahpara Sadaqat; Muhammad Meraj Purpose The purpose of this paper is to obtain empirical evidence on the impacts of socio-economic and demographic factors on the fertility decisions taken by a common family in developing countries like Pakistan. Also, this study...

...Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik; Chandran Govindaraju; Evelyn S. Devadason Purpose – Pakistan adopted “one-size-fits-all” policy for human capital (HC) development with the assumption that the level of HC is equal across industry and firm size. The purpose of this paper is to test this major assumption...

... Limited 2014 Pakistan Existentialism HR managers Kahn's model Rana Zamin Abbas can be contacted at: zamin.abbas@umt.edu.pk In our previous research work titled “The existential face of organization: a literature review” (Abbas et al., 2011), ideas of Pauchant (1995...

... Household level primary data was collected from a rural district of Pakistan. Principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to construct a social capital index, whereas two logit models were developed to predict the probabilities of access to credit. Besides, few qualitative statements have also been used...

... of Pakistan's economy. About 25 percent of Pakistan's land is under cultivation. It uses one of the finest irrigation systems in the world to supply the required amount of water to these regions. Pakistan's irrigation system covers three times the region irrigated in Russia approximately. The agriculture sector...

...Rana Ejaz Ali Khan; Toseef Azid; Mohammad Usama Toseef Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate those variables which have significant impact on the food security in a developing country such as Pakistan. The matter of food security in rural areas is of immense nature and needs...

.../approach This paper reviews existing literature and uses the idea of non‐economic gains from regional trading agreements to explain how Sri Lanka managed to use FTAs to neutralise India and obtain military assistance from Pakistan using its FTAs with two countries during the recently concluded war...

...Misbah Nasir; Ambreen Bashir Purpose The purpose of this paper is to pin point the root causes for the deviant workplace behaviour in the government sector of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Data collection for the research was carried out by interviewing and distributing questionnaires...

... development programs. Rana Ejaz Ali Khan can be contacted at: ranaejazalikhan@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Child growth Child health Malnutrition Anthropometry Epidemiology Slums Pakistan CIAF Urban areas Economic literature suggested that health...

...Mahpara Begum Sadaquat; Qurra‐tul‐ain Ali Sheikh Purpose This paper is an attempt to analyze the study of low female work participation rate in Pakistan due to the religious, traditional, cultural values, the colonial ideology and the evolution of social institution that restrain women entry...

... of this paper, a socio‐economic policy can be formulated for a developing country like Pakistan. Practical implications A development policy (especially considering the gender aspects) can be formulated on the basis of this research for the enhancement of human resource development for a developing...