Saving-investment Behaviour in

Pakistan: An Empirical Investigation

[with Comments] on JSTOR

2023

The Pakistan Development Review started at the Pakistan Institute

of Development Economics as Economic Digest in 1958, The Pakistan
Development Review has been published by the Institute regularly
since 1961, with only a short pause during 1971-72

Scholarcy Synopsis
Pakistan's saving and investment patterns are similar to those of
other Asian countries.

The Pakistan Development Review started at the Pakistan Institute of Development

Economics as Economic Digest in 1958.
The journal is issued quarterly and regularly contains original contributions to Economics,
in general, and on Pakistan’s socio-economic problems, in particular.
Every issue carries contributions by scholars from Pakistan and overseas.
This paper explores the saving-investment behaviour in Pakistan by identifying their
patterns over time and across selected Asian countries.
The Pakistan Development Review has been published by the Institute regularly since 1961,
with only a short pause during 1971-72.

Scholarcy Highlights
 This paper explores the saving-investment behaviour in Pakistan by identifying their
patterns over time and across selected Asian countries
 The Pakistan Development Review started at the Pakistan Institute of Development
Economics as Economic Digest in 1958, The Pakistan Development Review (PDR) has
been published by the Institute regularly since 1961, with only a short pause during
1971-72
 Redesigned and re-planned twice in the last two decade, the contents have tended to
emphasise theoretical-cum-empirical contributions; the underlying commitment has
 been to strengthen the interest in the general areas of Economics and other social
science fields
 The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics was established at Karachi in 1957
and in 1964 accorded the status of an autonomous research organization by the
Government of Pakistan
 In addition to providing a firm academic basis to economic policy-making, its research
provides a window through which the outside world can view the nature and direction
of economic research in Pakistan. Other social sciences, such as demography and
anthropology and interdisciplinary studies increasingly define the widening scope of
research that must be undertaken for proper economic policy and development to have
sound underpinnings
 PIDE is located at the Quaid-i-Azam University Campus in Islamabad, the capital of
Pakistan

Scholarcy Summary

Introduction
This paper explores the saving-investment behaviour in Pakistan by identifying their
patterns over time and across selected Asian countries.

The Pakistan Development Review started at the Pakistan Institute of Development

Economics as Economic Digest in 1958, The Pakistan Development Review (PDR) has been
published by the Institute regularly since 1961, with only a short pause during 1971-72.

It has been a refereed international journal of Economics and related social sciences.

Results
Redesigned and re-planned twice in the last two decade, the contents have tended to
emphasise theoretical-cum-empirical contributions; the underlying commitment has been
to strengthen the interest in the general areas of Economics and other social science fields.

The journal is issued quarterly and, with a fair mix of topics, regularly contains original
contributions to Economics, in general, and on Pakistan’s socio-economic problems, in
particular.

Every issue carries contributions by scholars from Pakistan and overseas.

The Review’s Editorial Board consists of thirty-six outstanding scholars in the field of
Economics and various social science fields.

They actively participate in refereeing the papers Publications and Research Information
submitted to the Review for publication; they render valuable advice on other related
matters.
The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics was established at Karachi in 1957 and in
1964 accorded the status of an autonomous research organization by the Government of
Pakistan.

It is devoted to theoretical and empirical research in Development Economics in general

and on Pakistan-related economic issues in particular.

In addition to providing a firm academic basis to economic policy-making, its research

provides a window through which the outside world can view the nature and direction of
economic research in Pakistan.

Other social sciences, such as demography and anthropology and interdisciplinary studies
increasingly define the widening scope of research that must be undertaken for proper
economic policy and development to have sound underpinnings.

Over the past 50 years PIDE has earned an international reputation and recognition for its
research.

PIDE is located at the Quaid-i-Azam University Campus in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.

Conclusion
The campus rests against the backdrop of the Margalla hills on the Potohar Plateau, within a
short distance of the remains of Taxila, which once housed the world's oldest university.

Archaeological remains discovered in this area show that it has been a center of civilization
for some 5,000 years.

The Institute, neighbor to several other academic outfits situated in this historic and scenic
part of the green foothills of the great South Asian mountain ranges, is the hub of economic
and social science research in this part of the world.