PAKISTAN’S INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS Javed A.Ansari College of Management Science PAF-Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology The United Nation Industrial Development Organization’s (UNIDO) annual review of industrial performance contains important insights for Pakistani policy makers. It provides overwhelming evidence to show that Pakistan is rapidly losing ground in world manufacturing market. The UNIDO Index The UNIDO report ranks 93 countries on the basis of a Competitive Industrial Performance
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antitrust laws. The Wheeler-Lea Act of 1938 was created as an amendment to the Federal Trade Commission Act. It made the FTC independent from the Department of Justice and also made unfair and deceptive sales illegal. The above are all industrial regulation entities. Industrial regulation ensures pricing fairness throughout any industry according to a specific commodity. It can be put in place by the industry itself or the government as in the entities listed in the above paragraph. It exists to effect
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Industrial Revolution THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGAN IN ENGLAND‚ AND SPREAD TO THE REST OF WESTERN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. WITH THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION‚ CAME AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR RAW MATERIALS FROM THE AMERICAS‚ ASIA‚ AND AFRICA. ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY PRODUCED THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION‚ WHILE ADVANCEMENTS IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE ALTERED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW INDUSTRIAL CITIES. CULTURAL CHANGES SOON FOLLOWED. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIES WERE BASED ON THE FAMILY UNIT
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The Industrial Revolution was a period in which many great things came out of‚ but at the same time many terrible things occurred. Even though there were some unfortunate events that occurred‚ such as‚ brutal child labor‚ poor and unsafe working conditions‚ and long term physical effects from the unsafe working conditions‚ it all resulted in a positive outcome. The Industrial Revolution overall had a positive effect on society‚ though labor laws‚ the advances in technology‚ and the surplus of job
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The Industrial Revolution While there were some positive aspects to the industrial revolution‚ most of the aspects were negative due to child labor‚ long hours of work‚ poor sanitation‚ and small working and living areas. Even though the industrial revolution only occurred from 1780 to the mid 1800s‚ there were still many flaws that occurred during the time period. Technological advancements were occurring during this period‚ but the working conditions were poor. The poor conditions were main
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There were many reasons the Industrial Revolution began in England. There were the necessary resources in place‚ motivation was high for the workers‚ and different innovations helped increase production speed in factories. Without these points the Industrial revolution never would have started in England. England had an abundance of natural resources that could be used in factories. In Document 1 it shows that England had materials such as; wool‚ cotton‚ coal‚ lead and so forth. Not only did
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Industrial Policy‚ 1991 INTRODUCTION The industrial policies pursued till 1990 enabled India to develop a vast and diversified industrial structure. India attained self–sufficiency in a wide range of consumer goods. But the industrial growth was not rapid enough to generate sufficient employment‚ to reduce regional disparities and to alleviate poverty. It was felt that government controls and regulations had put shackles on the growth of different segments of Indian Industry. Lack of adequate
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The industrial revolution began in the 1700’s in England and rapidly grew throughout the rest of Europe. It was supposed to change society for the better and improve life. There was a variety of new inventions and products that gave people a new way of getting things done. While some of these effects were positive‚ however‚ some turned out to be negative instead. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution‚ many hardships had to be overcome‚ causing great grief to most of the population
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What is IIP? The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) conveys the status of production in the industrial sector of an economy in a given period of time‚ in comparison with a fixed reference point in the past. The IIP numbers‚ released every month in India‚ for instance‚ use 1993-94 as the base year for comparison. The IIP figures are generally seen as an important but short-term indicator of whether industrial activity in a country has risen or dipped‚ till more detailed studies or surveys are
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factories and cities brought on the rise of the first work unions and many new laws protecting workers. Another new social aspect that came from the Industrial Revolution was the middle class. Factory owners hired educated individuals to oversee the workflow‚ giving education a higher value and allowing common people to move into higher social status. The Industrial Revolution also saw a massive an increase in population; in the 250 year period the population grew from only one billion people to over six
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