What is deficit financing?. When a government spends more than what it currently receives in the form of taxes and fees during a fiscal year, it runs in to a deficit budget. When the budget deficit is financed by borrowing from the public and...
The factor proportions theory of international trade is still widely accepted today.
The causes of industrial backwardness in Pakistan are varied and complex. The Government of Pakistan since 1947 is trying to develop industries and infrastructure facilities for the growth of industrial sector, yet it has not achieved success to the...
This article discusses the importance of industrialization and the role of industry in economic development. The developed countries of the world broke the vicious circle of poverty through industrialization.
Introduction: Since the Industrial Revolution, industrialization has been regarded as essential for a country's rapid development. The countries that solely rely on agriculture have remained poor and underdeveloped, whereas the nations that gave...
HOW A SUBSISTENCE FARMING CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO A COMMERCIALIZED FARMING OR GIVE THE MAIN FEATURES OF TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE. ENLIST THE FACTORS WHICH PROMOTE TRANSITION FROM SUBSISTENCE TO COMMERCIALIZED FARMING What is subsistence farming? The...
Land reforms means to break up large estates in small size for distribution to the farmers with or without payments. Land reform in the past was mainly carried primarily for equity and social justice. Now it is mainly carried out for increasing...
What is land reform? Land reform is a popular slogan in developing countries of the world. By land reform is technically meant that land tenure reform. Land tenure reform is of two types; (1) land redistribution which leads to change in size of...
The main crops of Pakistan are classified into food crops and non-food crops. The food crops include wheat, rice, maize, coarse grains, grams and other pulses. The cash crops are cotton, sugarcane, tobacco, mustard and sesame. The total area, yield...
Matters of economic of growth and decline hinge on the population. This is called human capital, and to truly understand the world, we must understand the role that populations play in an economy's growth or decline. This article will help you understand how human capital reshapes an economy.
1. WHAT IS CAPITAL FORMATION? ITS ROLE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Capital formation is one of the major factors in economic development. It is the increase in the stock of both material and human capital by making available a part of society's...
Pakistan inherited an extremely narrow economic base at the time of Partition in 1947 Since then, the Government of Pakistan is making rigorous efforts to build up infrastructure and productive potential of the economy through the process of...
poverty is a great curse. It is the biggest hurdle in the way of economic development. Ranger Nurkse in ''Problems of Capital Formation in Underdeveloped Countries'' describes 'vicious circle of poverty as the basic cause of under-development of...
1. Factors in Economic Development Economic development is a complex process. It is influenced by a number of factors such as natural resources, capital, human resources, technology, social attitude of the people,...
There are a number of measures which have been used to es timate the economic development of a country. These measures, in brief, are: (i) Increase in real GNP. (ii) Increase in real per capita income. (iii) Rise in overall wellb eing of...