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Product Description This volume approaches Pakistan's economic system as a laboratory wherein a half-century's worth of fashionable economic ideas have been imported and tested. A related theme explored in this collection of essays is Pakistan's transition from more traditional macro and sectoral issues to a newset of concerns. Such interests include gender and development, specifically defined attempts at poverty alleviation, sustainable human development in the broad sense, and the environmental impact of economic development. Review `Haris Gazdar's long piece on poverty is a thorough and comprehensive piece where relations of power and institutions of the state play a critical role in maintaining poverty.... Gazdar has been able to present a dynamic and real picture of poverty in Pakistan. Shahnaz Kazi... provides a great deal of data about the dismal state of women in the country, yet by bringing in class and power relations with respect to gender discrimination, understands the issue in a holistic context. Indeed, her's is a very refreshing piece on the women's issue in Pakistan.' S. Akbar Zaidi, The Book Review, South Asia, Vol XXIV`The book is well written and updates the literature on Pakistan's economic development. This is a welcome addition to the scanty scholarly literature on this country's economy. It will be useful for students of economic development and general readers interested in economic development in South Asia.' J.S. Uppal, Choice, Middletown, CT, June 2000. About the Author Shahrukh Rafi Khan is at Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad.