The Constraints to Industry in Punjab, Pakistan
doi: https://doi.org/10.35536/lje.2012.v17.isp.a7
Syed Turab Hussain, Usman Khan, Kashif Zaheer Malik and Adeel Faheem
Abstract
This paper identifies the main impediments to investment and industrial productivity in Punjab, which have led to a decline in growth. This is done by analyzing the impediments and constraints to productivity and investment using the World Bank’s 2007 Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) data at the level of Punjab’s seven main industrial zones. This is followed by an analysis of a pilot survey of 100 firms conducted in the Lahore district. Almost 71 percent of the firms surveyed declared electricity to be the most important constraint and macroeconomic stability was ranked as the second-most important constraint. An inadequate workforce, access to raw materials, and corruption were ranked third, fourth, and fifth, respectively.
Keywords
Industry, constraint, Pakistan