Pakistan: One Year Growth Strategy
In: The Pakistan development review: PDR, S. 265-280
Focus on Investment, productivity, and exports.
Remove bottlenecks linked to terrifs, sludge: cost of regulation, financial &energy constraints.
Initiate "Regulatory Audit".
Reduce bank's holding of the government securities.
Create a National Debt Management Office.
Revisit DISCO's management.
Introduce pre-paid metering.
Do away from uniform energy tariffs.
Introduce wheeling and bilateral agreements.
Tax Simplification
Implement Point of Sale (POS)
Deregulate the real estate market by eliminating NOCs and FBR/DC rates.
Tie Real estate & city development.
Unlock dead capital.
Internet for all.
Youth Involvement—promote sports, culture & clubs
Promote street vending—huge employment generation.