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Economic Policy and Business Development

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Economic Policy and Business Development
Between 2015 and 2025, Pakistan grew by an average of 3.7% a year, the slowest of the six economies benchmarked and well below the 5.5% average of its five peers: Bangladesh, India, Türkiye, Malaysia and Viet Nam. The same gap shows up in investment, at 15.2% of GDP against a peer average of 30%, and in exports, at 9.5% of GDP against 43.6%. The shortfall is not a pandemic artefact: Pakistan's 2020 contraction (-1.3%) was milder than that of several peers (down to -5.8%), yet its growth still trailed over the decade.This points to a structural rather than cyclical divergence, rooted in fiscal instability, external fragility, a weak enabling environment, high taxation, an anti-export bias, weak capital accumulation, and a high cost of doing business. Closing it requires a shift from consumption-led growth and a net-importing economy to investment-led growth and an export-oriented economy. ...

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 ➔ Our Vision

Economic Policy & Business Development Think Tank’s vision is to provide strategic advice and thought leadership to policy makers in shaping a dynamic, inclusive and forward looking economic policy ecosystem that unleashes the full potential of private enterprise, drives sustainable GDP growth and ensures equitable prosperity throughout the economy

 ➔ Our Mission

  • Advocacy for evidence-based, market-friendly economic policies that catalyze industrial growth, job creation, and export competitiveness
  • Champion private sector-led development by identifying and promoting reforms that incentivize innovation, investment, and fair competition
  • Foster informed dialogue between policymakers and business leaders to align national economic priorities with global opportunities
  • Promote inclusive growth by ensuring that policy outcomes support social mobility, reduce inequality, and enable Pakistan’s youth to thrive in a modern, industrial economy

 ➔ Our Objectives

 

  • Policy Reform Advocacy: Develop evidence-based policy recommendations across critical economic domains including taxation, trade, energy, industrial policy, and regulatory governance
  • Sectoral Development Strategy: Provide sector-specific analysis and actionable roadmaps for competitiveness enhancement across Pakistan’s key economic sectors            
  • Ease of Doing Business Improvement: Identify and advocate for removal of regulatory barriers, bureaucratic inefficiencies, and administrative obstacles that constrain private sector activity

  • Our Team

EPBD team comprises distinguished business leaders, prominent economists, esteemed academics, and experienced policy experts from across Pakistan

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