What Do We Know about Growth Patterns in Pakistan?

This paper explores stylized facts of Pakistan's growth patterns. It identifies the short-lived predominant character of its increasingly scarce growth accelerations, the average volatility of the growth rate by international standards, the hi...

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Main Authors: López-Cálix, J.R., Srinivasan, T.G., Waheed, Muhammad
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
GDP
TFP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/19311561/know-growth-patterns-pakistan
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spelling okr-10986-178752021-04-23T14:03:40Z What Do We Know about Growth Patterns in Pakistan? López-Cálix, J.R. Srinivasan, T.G. Waheed, Muhammad ACCOUNTING FRAMEWORK ACCOUNTING MODELS ACTUAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATES BLOATED BUREAUCRACY CAPITA GROWTH CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL STOCK COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS CORRELATION COEFFICIENT DATA QUALITY DEBT DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC SAVING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC SURVEYS ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL TERMS EMPLOYMENT EXTERNAL SHOCKS FACTOR ACCUMULATION FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION FINANCIAL SECTOR FISCAL DEFICITS FLUCTUATIONS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH ACCELERATIONS GROWTH ACCOUNTING GROWTH DIAGNOSTICS GROWTH INVESTMENT GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PATTERN GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH THEORY GROWTH VOLATILITY GROWTH WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT HIGH GROWTH HUMAN CAPITAL IMPERFECT COMPETITION INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFLATION RATES INHERITANCE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND LABOR FORCE LABOR INPUT LABOR SUPPLY LEVEL PLAYING FIELD LONG RUN LOW INFLATION MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMICS MASS EDUCATION NEGATIVE IMPACT OUTPUT GROWTH PAYMENT CRISIS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY STANCE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL STABILITY POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE STABILITY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RAPID GROWTH RATE OF GROWTH REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL GDP REMITTANCES RURAL AREAS RURAL POOR SAVING RATE SECTOR REFORMS SHORTAGES SIGNIFICANT FACTOR STAGFLATION STAGNATION STANDARD DEVIATION STATE OF TECHNOLOGY STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION TECHNICAL CHANGE TFP TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNSKILLED LABOR VOLATILITY This paper explores stylized facts of Pakistan's growth patterns. It identifies the short-lived predominant character of its increasingly scarce growth accelerations, the average volatility of the growth rate by international standards, the high but decreasing correlation between overall growth and agricultural growth, the long term decline of its growth (potential) rate to around 4.5 percent, well below the 6 percent rate of the 1960s or from the 7 percent rate required for absorbing the young labor force. It also explores the dramatically steady fall in productivity during the 2000s (measured by Total Factor Productivity) and, to a lesser extent, capital accumulation as main reasons of such decline. The paper analyzes the role factor accumulation plays in long-term labor reallocation across sectors, with industry stalling, agriculture still playing a major role that goes beyond its own contribution to GDP, and services playing an increasing role in creating employment, but on low productivity jobs. Growth acceleration is not assured and Pakistan will need to create more jobs moving from agriculture to industry and services in activities where productivity is higher, but to do this, curbing the factors that constraint growth overall and sectoral and Total Factor Productivity in particular will be essential. 2014-04-17T14:39:52Z 2014-04-17T14:39:52Z 2012-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/19311561/know-growth-patterns-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17875 English en_US World Bank Policy Paper Series on Pakistan;no. PK 5/12 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper South Asia Pakistan
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topic ACCOUNTING FRAMEWORK
ACCOUNTING MODELS
ACTUAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATES
BLOATED BUREAUCRACY
CAPITA GROWTH
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL STOCK
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSTANT RETURNS
CORRELATION COEFFICIENT
DATA QUALITY
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DOMESTIC DEMAND
DOMESTIC SAVING
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC REFORM
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC SURVEYS
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL TERMS
EMPLOYMENT
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
FACTOR ACCUMULATION
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL DEFICITS
FLUCTUATIONS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GDP
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH ACCELERATIONS
GROWTH ACCOUNTING
GROWTH DIAGNOSTICS
GROWTH INVESTMENT
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH PATTERN
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH POTENTIAL
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH THEORY
GROWTH VOLATILITY
GROWTH WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT
HIGH GROWTH
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPERFECT COMPETITION
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INFLATION RATES
INHERITANCE
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR INPUT
LABOR SUPPLY
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
LONG RUN
LOW INFLATION
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MACROECONOMICS
MASS EDUCATION
NEGATIVE IMPACT
OUTPUT GROWTH
PAYMENT CRISIS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY STANCE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL STABILITY
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRICE STABILITY
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
RAPID GROWTH
RATE OF GROWTH
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL GDP
REMITTANCES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POOR
SAVING RATE
SECTOR REFORMS
SHORTAGES
SIGNIFICANT FACTOR
STAGFLATION
STAGNATION
STANDARD DEVIATION
STATE OF TECHNOLOGY
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
TECHNICAL CHANGE
TFP
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
UNSKILLED LABOR
VOLATILITY
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING FRAMEWORK
ACCOUNTING MODELS
ACTUAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATES
BLOATED BUREAUCRACY
CAPITA GROWTH
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL STOCK
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSTANT RETURNS
CORRELATION COEFFICIENT
DATA QUALITY
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DOMESTIC DEMAND
DOMESTIC SAVING
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC REFORM
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC SURVEYS
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL TERMS
EMPLOYMENT
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
FACTOR ACCUMULATION
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL DEFICITS
FLUCTUATIONS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GDP
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH ACCELERATIONS
GROWTH ACCOUNTING
GROWTH DIAGNOSTICS
GROWTH INVESTMENT
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH PATTERN
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH POTENTIAL
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH THEORY
GROWTH VOLATILITY
GROWTH WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT
HIGH GROWTH
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPERFECT COMPETITION
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INFLATION RATES
INHERITANCE
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR INPUT
LABOR SUPPLY
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
LONG RUN
LOW INFLATION
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MACROECONOMICS
MASS EDUCATION
NEGATIVE IMPACT
OUTPUT GROWTH
PAYMENT CRISIS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY STANCE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL STABILITY
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRICE STABILITY
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
RAPID GROWTH
RATE OF GROWTH
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL GDP
REMITTANCES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POOR
SAVING RATE
SECTOR REFORMS
SHORTAGES
SIGNIFICANT FACTOR
STAGFLATION
STAGNATION
STANDARD DEVIATION
STATE OF TECHNOLOGY
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
TECHNICAL CHANGE
TFP
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
UNSKILLED LABOR
VOLATILITY
López-Cálix, J.R.
Srinivasan, T.G.
Waheed, Muhammad
What Do We Know about Growth Patterns in Pakistan?
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description This paper explores stylized facts of Pakistan's growth patterns. It identifies the short-lived predominant character of its increasingly scarce growth accelerations, the average volatility of the growth rate by international standards, the high but decreasing correlation between overall growth and agricultural growth, the long term decline of its growth (potential) rate to around 4.5 percent, well below the 6 percent rate of the 1960s or from the 7 percent rate required for absorbing the young labor force. It also explores the dramatically steady fall in productivity during the 2000s (measured by Total Factor Productivity) and, to a lesser extent, capital accumulation as main reasons of such decline. The paper analyzes the role factor accumulation plays in long-term labor reallocation across sectors, with industry stalling, agriculture still playing a major role that goes beyond its own contribution to GDP, and services playing an increasing role in creating employment, but on low productivity jobs. Growth acceleration is not assured and Pakistan will need to create more jobs moving from agriculture to industry and services in activities where productivity is higher, but to do this, curbing the factors that constraint growth overall and sectoral and Total Factor Productivity in particular will be essential.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author López-Cálix, J.R.
Srinivasan, T.G.
Waheed, Muhammad
author_facet López-Cálix, J.R.
Srinivasan, T.G.
Waheed, Muhammad
author_sort López-Cálix, J.R.
title What Do We Know about Growth Patterns in Pakistan?
title_short What Do We Know about Growth Patterns in Pakistan?
title_full What Do We Know about Growth Patterns in Pakistan?
title_fullStr What Do We Know about Growth Patterns in Pakistan?
title_full_unstemmed What Do We Know about Growth Patterns in Pakistan?
title_sort what do we know about growth patterns in pakistan?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/19311561/know-growth-patterns-pakistan
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17875
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