Exports stagnant despite rupee fall
November 16, 2025
For years, Pakistan has relied on traditional levers like currency depreciation and energy subsidies to stimulate exports. Yet despite multiple rounds of rupee devaluation, the country's export earnings have largely stagnated.
According to an empirical analysis by the Lahore School of Economics, it is not price adjustments but innovation, diversification, and access to high-income markets that truly drive export growth.
Labels: Dr. Azam Chaudhry, Exports, Pakistan, Pakistan Export, Research, Trade Policy, WTO, WTO Chairs
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/16/2025 01:50:00 PM,
Factors that Impact Pakistan's Exports: An Empirical Analysis
November 15, 2025
Dr. Azam Amjad Chaudhry, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Economics, Lahore School of Economics, WTO Chair for Pakistan
Dr. Gul Andaman, Teaching and Research Fellow, Innovation and Technology Center, Lahore School of Economics
Despite multiple currency depreciations, exports have barely grown. Research by Dr. Azam Amjad Chaudhry (Professor & Dean, Faculty of Economics, WTO Chair for Pakistan) and Dr. Gul Andaman (Teaching & Research Fellow, Innovation and Technology Center, Lahore School of Economics) shows that it’s not prices but diversification, innovation, and global demand that truly drive export growth. To move forward, Pakistan must build capabilities, add value, and expand into high-tech, complex products — not just rely on exchange rates.
Read Lahore School, Innovation and Technology Center, Policy Note No. 2/25 here
Labels: Dr. Azam Chaudhry, Exports, Pakistan, Pakistan Export, Research, Trade Policy, WTO, WTO Chairs
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/15/2025 04:14:00 PM,
Is there a future for export-led growth in Pakistan?
May 20, 2024
The continuous balance of payments problem in Pakistan can be described as a problem of balance of payments constrained growth, which means that whenever Pakistan grows at more than 4% per annum, we import so much more than we export that we run out of foreign exchange reserves. In many economies, this imbalance is made up through remittances or foreign investment. In the case of Pakistan, the former has stagnated and the latter is nonexistent. So, the only solution is to increase exports with a coherent export-based industrial strategy.
Read more »Labels: Dr. Azam Chaudhry, Industry, International Trade, Pakistan, Pakistan Economy, Pakistan Export, Research, WTO
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 5/20/2024 12:15:00 PM,
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