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

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Introduction -- Implement Macroeconomic and Sectoral Policies for Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness -- Upgrade Trade Facilitation and Infrastructure -- Greening Pakistan's Industrial Sector to Enhance International Competitiveness -- Develop Strong Institutions for Effective Industrialization Initiatives, Including Those for Small and Medium Enterprises -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1 Pakistan's Industrial Vision: A Summary -- Introduction -- Chapter Synopses -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 The Importance of Manufacturing -- Introduction -- The Ongoing Spatial Transformation -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Spatial Transformation -- Introduction -- Overview of Migration in Pakistan -- Spatial Comparative Advantage of Urban Centers: Provision of Infrastructure and Social Services -- Urban Centers as Agglomeration Economies -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Skills Development -- Introduction -- The State of Worker Skills -- Key Players in Skills Development -- Punjab Skills Development Fund-A New Model for Funding Skills and Vocational Training -- Guiding Principles for Countrywide Skills-Development Initiatives and Suggested Reforms -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Challenges in Trade -- Introduction -- Logistics -- Trade Policy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Infrastructure Modernization -- Introduction -- The State of Pakistan's Infrastructure -- Infrastructure Reform Program -- Reform of Trade-Facilitation Ports Shipping -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Greening Pakistan's Industry -- Introduction -- The Current State of Industrial Pollution in Pakistan -- Responding to the Business Case for Improved Environment Management.

Strengthening the Infrastructure for Environment Quality Management -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8 Institutions for Sustainable Industrialization -- Introduction -- A Coordinated and Cost-Effective Approach to Skills Development -- Notes -- References -- Boxes -- Figures -- Maps -- Tables -- Back Cover.

Pakistan’s development efforts are guided by its 2011 Framework for Economic Growth, which identifies actions needed to create a prosperous, industrialized Pakistan through rapid and sustainable development. Industrialization has the potential to drive Pakistan’s economic growth and contribute significantly to meeting both economic and human development goals in Pakistan. Expansions of industrialization activities, whether in highly developed or developing countries, can be stimuli for intense debate about such projects’ benefits and costs to the region in which they are to be located, to the national economy—and to human health and the environment. Pakistan’s 2011 Framework for Economic Growth recognizes that, to accelerate industrialization, Pakistan must reduce the cost of doing business and create an incentive structure designed to achieve a competitive, dynamic, and export-driven industrial sector capable of providing employment to the growing labor force. Competing in global markets requires a socially and environmentally sustainable industrialization strategy. The four main inputs for sustainable industrial growth in Pakistan discussed in this book are 1)Macroeconomic stability and sectoral policies to support industrial competitiveness by allowing long-term planning, including investments in infrastructure and cleaner production. 2)Upgraded trade facilitation and infrastructure (particularly transport and energy) to address some of industrialization’s spatial aspects. Improved transport infrastructure will lower production’s environmental costs. 3)Greening of Pakistan’s industrial sector to enhance international competitiveness—"greening" will make Pakistan a more attractive export partner for nations and firms committed to green production. 4)Strong institutions—for example, environmental management agencies to control pollution, and

cleaner production centers to increase domestic awareness of international environmental standards—to implement industrialization initiatives effectively, including those for small and medium-sized enterprises. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of issues relating to the debate about Pakistan’s green industrial growth and lays out priorities and strategies for "greening" Pakistan’s industrial growth.

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