The Political Economy of Industrial Policy: A Comparative Study of the Textiles Industry in Pakistan
From the Blog lahoreschoolofeconomics In a fascinating article published in the Lahore Journal of Economics, Dr. Matthew McCartney (of Oxford University) performed a unique historical analysis of the Pakistani textile sector. In the article entitled ‘The Political Economy of Industrial Policy: A Comparative Study of the Textiles Industry in Pakistan’, Dr. McCartney analyzed why the textiles industry in Pakistan has failed to fulfill its “historical mission,” whether judged in terms of promoting rapid and sustained economic growth, reducing poverty, or providing employment to young women and so promoting wider social transformation. Dr. McCartney makes a case for a particular and targeted form of industrial policy that would help the textiles sector learn and upgrade. He argues that those factors commonly seen apakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Hunting for the Perfect Camera
From the Blog blog OK, so an interesting turn of events regarding the #CameraHunt I MUST decide by tomorrow which camera to get for my videos. I wanted to first buy a #Canon 700D, used. Then a #Nikon D3200 (it actually shoots better video and is a LOT lighter and smaller — search YouTube for indepth comparison between the two). But now I have shifted to buying a GoPro Hero4 Black. Shoots 1080p and even 4K. One of the reason I didnt consider a GoPro was because I needed to shoot a “business-like” video once a week… and I thought that the GoPro couldn’t handle it. But research shows that GoPro Hero4 Black produces great results, very polished. No depth of field, no bokeh etc, sure… but for a guy like me, a GoPro type action cam makes most sense. I know that the GoPro would be my “second” capakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Dolmen Karachi celebrates the #MothersDay festival
From the Blog pakmediablog Dolmen Mall, one of the largest shopping destinations in Pakistan, celebrated Mother’s Day this year with full zeal and excitement by putting together a special 3-day celebration for MOMs – giving families ample time to bond and spend quality time together. This celebration took place from May 8-10, 2015, and provided moms with a much-needed […] Dolmen Karachi celebrates the #MothersDay festival is a post from: PakMediaBlog All Rights Reserved. This post Dolmen Karachi celebrates the #MothersDay festival is aggregated on PakMediaBlog. pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
AliPay (an AliBaba Group company) gets US Money Transmitter License
From the Blog faisalkhan [image: AliPay Money Transmitter License] AliPay Money Transmitter License Similar to the story of Microsoft getting its money transmitter licenses that I broke here, here is another Goliath which has applied for money transmitter license: *Alibaba*. AliPay, an AliBaba Group company was recently awarded a money transmitter license. AliPay is actually owned by ANT Financials (which is an AliBaba Group Company). ANT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP Financial services provider focused on serving small and micro enterprises and consumers Ant Financial Services Group is focused on serving small and micro enterprises as well as consumers. With the vision “to turn trust into wealth,” Ant Financial is dedicated to building an open ecosystem of Internet thinking and technologies while workipakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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