Devolution Of Power: Delegation, Localisation, Decentralisation
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Devolution Of Power: Delegation, Localisation, Decentralisation

Publication Year : 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER PIECE

DEVOLUTION OF POWER – Delegation, Localisation, Decentralisation

Optimal Local Governance for Pakistan: Improving What We Have – Mayraj Fahim

Decentralisation and its Prospects – Umair Javed

Devolution: Missing Clarity on Structures and Systems of Governance – Shahid Kardar

Power to the Provinces: Devolution of Power in Pakistan’s Energy Sector – Khalid Waleed

Granting Autonomy to Districts: A Proposal in Brief – Fida Muhammad Khan

Devolution of Power in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities for Women’s Participation in Local Governance – Maria Mansab

CURRENT AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Disappeared But Never Forgotten – Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir

Textiles Losing the Plot – Shahid Sattar and Amna Urooj

Pakistan’s Three Quarter-Long Miraculous Aversion of Default – Asad Ejaz Butt

NOTA on the Ballot – Nilofer A. Qazi

DEBATE

Elitist Economy: How to Dismantle it? – Ishrat Husain

Inequality and Elite Capture: Unavoidable Costs of Development – Asad Ejaz Butt

OPINION

Attitudes and Behaviours in the Classroom – Neda Mulji

Rethinking Investment, Surplus, Savings, Capital, Growth and Inequality – Nasim Beg

Reimagining Indus Water Treaty for Future Sustainability of the Indus Basin – Muhammad Arfan

Rethinking Social Protection: The Case for a Universal Basic Income – Abbas Moosvi

HISTORY

Why Teach Critical Histories – Hafsa Khawaja

Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers – Naazir Mahmood

BUSINESS

The Case for Export-led Growth – Shahid Sattar and Sarim Karim

Beyond the Needle and Thread: Women’s Empowerment Through Textile Exports – Shahid Sattar and Sarim Karim

SPORTS

A Fireside Chat with Zainab Abbas

PCB: Pakistan Cricket Board or Political Cricket Board? – Wajhullah Fahim

ARTS AND CULTURE

The Pakistani City as a Character: A New Narrative Approach to Pakistan’s Urbanisation Challenges – Hamza Sarfraz

The Little Mermaid May Have Just Made a Ground-Breaking Statement About Real World Power Dynamics – Maria Furqan

PIDE BI-MONTHLY ROUNDUP