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To Catch Up With India, Pakistan Needs Modi's Magic
Panos Mourdoukoutas ,
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/ AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistan’s leaders need to borrow Narendra Modi’s magic to lift their country up.
India and Pakistan have made good progress in recent years in lifting their economies up in key international rankings. But Pakistan’s progress lags far behind that of India’s. Pakistan, for instance, ranks 114 in global competitiveness ranking, while India ranks 40. Pakistan ranks 147 in the Ease of Doing Business ranking, India 100. Pakistan ranks 116 in global corruption ranking, India 79.
Country Global Competitiveness Ranking Ease Of Doing Business Ranking Corruption Ranking GDP Growth
Pakistan 115 147 116 5.28%
India 40 100 79 5.7
Source: Tradingingeconomics.com 11/6/17
Financial markets have taken notice. S&P India 50 is up 32.35% over the last two years, while Pakistan’s Global X MSCI Index is down 2.64%.
Index/Fund 2-year Performance
Global X MSCI Pakistan (PAK) -2.64%
iShares S&P India 50 (INDY) 32.55%
Source: Finance.yahoo.com 11/6/17
India owes its rapid ascent in global rankings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s magic, easing the many regulations that have constrained the ingenuity of the Indian people. Simplifying these procedures has made it easier for entrepreneurs to start a business.
Then there’s been steady progress with economic reforms, e.g., the loosening of controls on foreign investment, reduction of export-import taxes, and the removal of price controls.
And the swap of 500 and 1000 rupee notes to fight corruption, which usually leads to large government budget and current account deficits, while constraining competition and technological progress.
Modi’s magic isn’t confined to domestic policy. It extends to foreign affairs where he has forged close ties with US and Japan.
The Indian leader’s policies are in sharp contrast to those of Pakistani leaders who have been entangled by local corruption rather than fighting it; and in their choice of the wrong ally—China—when it comes to foreign policy.
Time for Pakistan’s leaders to catch up with Modi.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosm...ndia-pakistan-needs-modis-magic/#739e0dbe7d52