INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN THE PAKISTAN ECONOMY

Sardar Javaid Iqbal Khan; Sardar Adil Iqbal Khan; Muhammad Imran Khan; Rashid Nasir; Rizwan Ayub

doi:10.29121/ijoest.v9.i1.2025.661

Authors

Sardar Javaid Iqbal Khan Professor, Kashmir Institute of Economics, King Abdullah Campus, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, AJ&K, Pakistan
Sardar Adil Iqbal Khan Ph-D Scholar in Department Economic /AERC, Karachi University.
Muhammad Imran Khan Lead Business Intelligence/Senior Data Auditor/ Ph.D. Scholar, Applied Economics Research Center, University of Karachi.
Rashid Nasir M-Phil Economics Scholar, International Islamic University, Islamabad.
Rizwan Ayub Visiting Faculty Member, Kashmir Institute of Economics, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/ijoest.v9.i1.2025.661

Keywords:

Inclusiveness, Development and Growth

Abstract

Article focuses mainly on the inclusivity of Pakistan's economy's development and growth processes. The study presents the ideas behind inclusive growth and the inclusive development This aindex, as well as how they apply to established, emerging, and particularly Pakistan economy. The current body of literature focuses on factors that influence economic growth and strategies to improve it. Nonetheless, this ignores the benefits of growth for society. In prior decades, the distribution component of economic progress was disregarded. Consequently, the world is unable to reap the rewards of economic expansion. The Asian Development Bank's 2011 inclusive development and growth index is used in this study. To find out if Pakistan's economic expansion offers equitable chances to all members of the populace. The performance of the inclusive growth index's of sixteen indicators were evaluated from 1978 to 2014. The paper's conclusion demonstrates that inclusive growth in Pakistan is generally mediocre. In Pakistan, inclusive growth is on the rise. In Pakistan, distributive development strategies can be used to promote inclusive development while also accelerating economic growth in an equitable manner.

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