dc.contributor.author	World Bank Group
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-11T19:01:01Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-11T19:01:01Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.description.abstract	This report focuses on growth in Pakistan, and on key aspects of its proximate determinants: productivity, capital, and talent accumulation. Productivity is crucial in accounting for differences in standards of living across countries and time. In addition, and particularly at the level of development of Pakistan, factor accumulation, investment, and human capital, also matters. Specific and policy relevant questions around these broad themes are this report's center of attention. The underlying framework of analysis and orientation of public policy recommendations is what is known as the 'ABC' of growth. This 'ABC' implies improving allocative efficiency of resources and talent, encouraging business-to-business connections and spillovers, and strengthening firms' capabilities. Public policies oriented to create an enabling environment around these three pillars will be powerful in boosting sustainable growth. However, the efficient allocation of talent and resources, and the business-to business interactions leading to spillovers and the conditions to upgrade capabilities, are limited by economic distortions (or market failures) that inhibit the growth process, sometimes making it as difficult as swimming in sand.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099820410112267354/P1749040fc80a70ca0b6f70f7860c4a1034
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/38133
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/38133
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Pakistan Economic Memorandum;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY CHALLENGES
dc.subject	TRADE POLICIES
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	FIRMS
dc.subject	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FEMALE LABOR FORCE
dc.title	From Swimming in Sand to High and Sustainable Growth	en
dc.title.subtitle	A Roadmap to Reduce Distortions in the Allocation of Resources and Talent in the Pakistani Economy	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	From Swimming in Sand to High and Sustainable Growth
okr.date.disclosure	2022-10-11
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T11:35:08.367395Z
okr.date.lastmodified	2022-10-11T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Country Economic Memorandum
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099820410112267354/P1749040fc80a70ca0b6f70f7860c4a1034
okr.guid	099820410112267354
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	P174904-fc80a72c-8fb0-49ca-b6f7-f7860c4a1034
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	33915149
okr.identifier.report	176736
okr.imported	true	en
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099820410112267354/pdf/P1749040fc80a70ca0b6f70f7860c4a1034.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.region.country	Pakistan
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topic	Agriculture::Agriculture & Farming Systems
okr.topic	Agriculture::Climate Change and Agriculture
okr.topic	International Economics and Trade::Foreign Direct Investment
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Economics
okr.unit	EFI-SAR-MTI-PS-1 (ESAC1)

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