Revitalizing Industrial Growth in Pakistan : Trade, Infrastructure, and Environmental Performance

Pakistan s population is growing and becoming more urbanized. By 2020, Karachi and Lahore will each have a population of well over 10 million people and several other cities will have a population of at least one million. These trends offer both ri...

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Main Authors:	Sanchez-Triana, Ernesto, Biller, Dan, Nabi, Ijaz, Ortolano, Leonard, Dezfuli, Ghazal, Afzal, Javaid, Enriquez, Santiago
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank Group 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADB ADVERSE IMPACT AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AGGREGATE DEMAND AGRICULTURE AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR TRANSPORT BASE YEAR BORDER CROSSING BOTTLENECKS CITIZENS CIVIL SERVICE CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONGESTION COST EFFECTIVENESS CURRENT POPULATION DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DEVOLUTION DRINKING WATER DRIVERS DUMPING ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENT TRANSPORT EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION ELECTRICITY DEMAND EMISSIONS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUILIBRIUM EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA FEES FOR SERVICES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL RISK FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FREE TRADE FREIGHT FREIGHT SECTOR FREIGHT TRANSPORT GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GREENHOUSE GAS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH POLICY GROWTH RATE HEAVY METALS HIGHWAY HIGHWAY AUTHORITY HOSPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORT TARIFFS INCOME GROUPS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION INDUSTRIAL WASTE INDUSTRIALIZATION INFLATION INFORMATION DISSEMINATION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM INJURY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LEVEL PLAYING FIELD LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MIGRATION MODERNIZATION MORTALITY MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT NATIONAL COMMITTEE NATIONAL ECONOMY NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLLUTION POLLUTION CHARGE POLLUTION CHARGES POLLUTION CONTROL POPULATION GROWTH PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROFITABILITY PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC TRANSPORT QUALITY CONTROL RAILWAYS RATE OF GROWTH RATES OF GROWTH REGULATORY POWERS REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE REMITTANCES RESOURCE USE RESPECT ROAD ROAD SAFETY ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTES SANITATION SAVINGS SECTORAL POLICIES SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL SERVICES STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARIFF BARRIERS TAX TAX RATES TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL TRAINING TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DEFICIT TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICY TRANSIT TRANSIT TRADE TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT OF GOODS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN AIR POLLUTION URBAN CENTERS URBANIZATION VALUE ADDED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGES WATER POLLUTION WATER RESOURCES WEALTH WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19887507/revitalizing-industrial-growth-pakistan-trade-infrastructure-environmental-performance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19022

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Summary:	Pakistan s population is growing and becoming more urbanized. By 2020, Karachi and Lahore will each have a population of well over 10 million people and several other cities will have a population of at least one million. These trends offer both risks and opportunities. Badly managed urban centers with poor services and slim opportunity for gainful employment could become centers of discontent and social conflict. Alternatively, properly managed and well-connected cities can help firms become more competitive, and with the right set of policies, promote industrialization and life-changing employment opportunities. In order to capitalize on these opportunities, Pakistan will need to take decisive steps to deepen the pool of skills, strengthen the commercial environment, upgrade infrastructure, diversify production, and climb up the technology ladder. Revitalizing Industrial Growth in Pakistan: Trade, Infrastructure, and Environmental Performance addresses ways in which Pakistan can revitalize its manufacturing by reducing the cost of doing business, improving the investment climate, and strengthening institutions to facilitate the flow of people, goods, and ideas and thus stimulate medium-term growth and job creation. Such revitalization is sorely needed to place the country on a sustained path of high economic growth. The authors lay out priorities and strategies for greening Pakistan s industrial growth and provide a comprehensive analysis of issues in the debate on this strategy. They examine the ways in which Pakistan can encourage and assist its private sector to fill the void in low-skilled labor-intensive manufacturing left by other economies and do so while creating and distributing new wealth. To increase the chances of success, appropriate actions will need to come from different actors in government, the private sector, and civil society. This book will be of interest to government officials and academic researchers working in the fields of industry, the environment, and energy, as well as to the general public.

Revitalizing Industrial Growth in Pakistan : Trade, Infrastructure, and Environmental Performance

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