Caps pakistan economy may 6, 2014

THE GROWING SOCIO-ECONOMIC CRISIS.

MOHAN GURUSWAMYDISTINGUISHED FELLOW

OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Pakistan: On the Road to Perdition.

September 6, 2012Mohan Guruswamy ORF

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Political/topographical map of Pakistan.


Quick comparison of India and neighbors.

Economic growth in South Asia (2001-11).


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Snapshot of our old friend, the enemy.


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The World Economic Forum ranks countries on more than 100 economic indicators comparing 144

countries.


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Pakistan has been ranked among bottom 20 of the 144 economies around the world in The Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013, released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum.

According to the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2012-13, Pakistan lacks a long-term view of competitiveness.

The level of corruption and poor governance are some of the factors slowing down Pakistan’s economic growth, therefore ranking Pakistan at 124 among 144 other countries on the index.

India/Pakistan GDP trends 1960-2008.


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India/Pakistan growth rates 1960-2008


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India, Pakistan GDP growth 2002-11.(%)


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Pakistan’s GDP Growth Rate 2010-2013.


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Pakistan’s GDP growth by sector.


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India & Pakistan - Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)


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Pakistan’s dwindling Tax/GDP Ratio.


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Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue tax collection.


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Untaxed “shadow” economy share in GDP. (%)


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Tax/GDP ratios of Top 10 & Pakistan’s.


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USA 28.2

China 17.0

Japan 27.4

India 17.7

Germany 40.6

UK 39.0

Russia 36.9

France 46.1

Brazil 36.8

Italy 42.6

Pakistan 10.6

“Much of Pakistan’s capital city looks like a rich Los Angeles suburb. Shiny sport utility vehicles purr down gated driveways. Elegant multistory homes are tended by servants. Laundry is never hung out to dry.

“Taxes are the Achilles’ heel of Pakistani politicians,” said Jahangir Tareen, a businessman and member of Parliament who is trying to put taxes on the public agenda. He paid $225,534 in income tax in 2009, a figure he made public in Parliament last month. “If you don’t have income, fine, but then don’t go and get into a Land Cruiser.”

Out of more than 170 million Pakistanis, fewer than 2 percent pay income tax, making Pakistan’s revenue from taxes among the lowest in the world, a notch below Sierra Leone’s as a ratio of tax to gross domestic product.”

From report by Sabrina Tavernise in The New York Times of July 16,2010

Tax-free prosperity!


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“Yet Pakistan’s fiscal troubles are antediluvian. It is one of the most lightly taxed countries in the world. Fewer than a quarter of the country’s firms declare any taxable revenues, and only 11 out of every 1,000 of its citizens pay tax on their incomes, according to the World Bank. As a result, tax revenues amount to a mere 10% of Pakistan’s GDP.”

The Economist, January 11, 2011.http://www.economist.com/node/17913440

Free for all economy!


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A survey, carried out by a reputed Lahore-based academic institution a few years back, as a part of tax reformation drive, concluded that mainly because of rampant corruption, in combination with a host of other factors, the country suffers a loss of 64 percent in income tax, 48 percent in customs, and 45 percent in sales tax . Translated into hard cash, it means that for each hundred rupees of genuine income tax payments of a typical Pakistani business, the government collects only Rs 36. The rest of the money is shared among the three parties - assessors (taxmen), the assesses (taxpayers) and the middlemen (tax practitioners).

Cost of walking out in the green channel.


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Dr Aqdas Ali Kazmi* in his paper ‘Tax Policy and Resource Mobilization in Pakistan’ estimates 70 percent part of economy consists of 36 percent pure black economy, 18 percent exempted economy, 9 percent illegal economy, 4.5 percent unrecorded economy, and 2.5 percent informal or unreported economy.

*Dr. Aqdas Ali Kazmi former Joint Chief Economist (Macro), Planning & Development Division, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.

Black and bleak economy.


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According to a US State Department report, released in 2006, the Gini Coefficient for Pakistan is 68.0.

According to the same report, the 'Gini Index' for Japan is 14.9, for Sweden is 21.0, for Switzerland is 21.1, for Germany is 22.3, for the United Kingdom is 23.0, for Canada is 23.1, for France is 32.7, for Iran is 41.0, for the United States is 46.6, for Argentina is 52.2, for Mexico is 54.6, for South Africa is 57.8 and for Namibia is 70.7.

According to an United Nations report, from 1987 to 1999, the Gini Coefficient for Pakistan was in the range of 0.33 to 0.43, but it increased to 0.68 in 2006.

Comparative Income Inequality. Gini out of the bottle.


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India & Pakistan Gross Savings /GDP. (%)

India & Pakistan Gross Capital Formation (GCF)/ GDP (%)


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Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$)


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Living on the dole.

India & Pakistan - Foreign Direct Investment ($).


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Dwindling Investment/GDP Ratio.


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Country Investment as % GDP

China 42.60

India 33.70

South Korea 28.20

France 20.80

Japan 20.20

Russia 20.00

European Union 19.70

Italy 19.20

Germany 18.90

Pakistan 18.10

Brazil 17.00

United Kingdom 15.00

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Some Investment/GDP ratios.

IMF’s Pakistan GDP Projections (in US$ Billions)

GDP for Pakistan in year 2015246.234 GDP for Pakistan in year 2014228.874 GDP for Pakistan in year 2013213.795 GDP for Pakistan in year 2012200.803 GDP for Pakistan in year 2011189.971 GDP for Pakistan in year 2010177.901 GDP for Pakistan in year 2009166.515


Drowned in gloom!


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Take for example the high population growth of Pakistan. In contrast to neighboring Iran and Bangladesh, Pakistan has been unable to get its total fertility rate or TFR below 4.116.

Some Pakistanis may be rationalizing a failure at a critical aspect of development (reducing the rate of population growth) into a positive advantage (leaving Pakistan with a larger potential work force).

It is equally plausible that Pakistan’s current high TFR (and high population growth rate of 2.7%) will perpetuate the youth bulge generation after generation, overwhelming the state’s capacity to deliver education, health care and jobs to an ever-expanding pool of young people.

How will Pakistan be able to supply the classrooms and qualified teachers for this burgeoning generation, let alone future ones?

Demographic time bomb. Tick, tick, tick.


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Troubles ahead with troubled youth.


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India & Pakistan - Population ages 15-64 (% of total)


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Demographic HighlightsPopulation Living in Urban Areas of 750,000+, 2005 (%) 18 Population Living in Urban Areas of 750,000+, 2005 31,795,000

Youth Ages 10-24, 2006 54,200,000

Youth Ages 10-24, 2025 64,800,000 Ever-Married Females Ages 15-19 (%) 21 Population Mid-2009 180,808,000

Birth Rate (annual number of births per 1,000 total population) 30 Death Rate (annual number of deaths per 1,000 total population) 7 Rate of Natural Incr. (birth rate minus death rate, expressed as a %) 2.3 Population Mid-2025 (projected) 246,286,000

Population Mid-2050 (projected) 335,195,000

Population Change 2009-2050 (projected %) 85

Only one thing is for sure - lots more Pakistanis to contend with.


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Countries with the largest increases and decline of populations in this century,

millions.


The 20 largest countries in 2050, millions.

Current account (US$ m)2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

2011 Trade balance -6,340 -9,647 -10,587 -16,769 -10,372 -13,318 -14,149Goods: exports fob 15,433 17,049 18,188 21.328 18,285 18,330 18,494Goods: imports fob -21,773-26,696 -28,775 -38,097 28,657 -31,649 -32,643Services balance -3,830 -4,912 -5,044 -5,363 -3,021 -3,199 -3,568Income balance -2,514 -3,131 -3,740 -4,294 -1,681 -3,652 -3,702Current transfers balance 9,079 10,941 11,085 11,024 12,668 14,664 15,273Current-account balance -3,605 -6,750 -8,286 -15,402 -2,406 -5,505 -6,146


Getting deeper into debt.

Collateral Damage. Growing criminal economy.

According to an official of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime ( UNODC), Afghanistan produces 355 metric tons of heroin every year, about 90 percent of the whole world's production. And 42 percent of the heroin production of Afghanistan passes through different routes from Pakistan.

Talking to Xinhua, National Research Development Program Officer at the UNODC, Sher Ali Arbab, said that 150 metric tons of heroin come to Pakistan every year, out of which 80 metric tons are consumed in Pakistan, and 70 metric tons are smuggled outside. He said it is impossible to seal the 2,500km-long porous border that Pakistan shares with Afghanistan, to curb drug trafficking and other smuggling.


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India’s and Pakistan’s Military Expenditures.


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Nuclear weapons neither ensure security, nor do they consolidate political power; rather they are a threat to both security and political power. The events that took place in the 1990s showed that the possession of such weapons could not even safeguard a regime like the former Soviet Union. And today we see certain countries, which are exposed to waves of deadly insecurity despite possessing atomic bombs. ... Ayatollah Khamenei.


Regional Income Inequality.

Water scenario India.


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Water scenario Pakistan.


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Water dependence

Indus River basin is the main irrigation source. 106 MAF.

80% is utilized in Punjab.

The big land holdings are situated close to canals and water sources. The small holdings are mostly fed by the capillaries.

Blame it on India.

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Who has got the water.


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The basis of Pakistan’s inequality.


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Ethnic divisions of Pakistan.



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India/Pakistan military expenditures as % of GDP 1988-2008.


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India/Pakistan Military Expenditure % Budget.


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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

India 22.64 22.57 23.07 26.77 28.30 28.47 28.87 32.33 36.60

Pakistan 4.20 4.51 4.81 5.02 5.21 5.27 5.28 4.88 4.82

India/Pakistan Military expenditures this decade in $bn.


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India & Pakistan Military Expenditure/ GDP (%).


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What do ordinary Pakistanis think about their future?


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Economy & Finance

Caps pakistan economy may 6, 2014