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Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

1-1-1997

First Page

1

Last Page

21

Keywords

Governance, Economic development, Pakistan

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The determinants of economic development are complex and not fully understood. The 1960s witnessed the ascendancy of physical capital accumulation as the driving force behind economic growth. In the 1970s, poverty alleviation and basic needs were considered the sine qua non for development. Human capital emerged as the linchpin of endogenous growth theory of the 1980s. More recent work has singled out good governance and effective institutions as the missing factor in the countries that have continued to regress or stagnate in the recent years.

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