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Financial sector development is an effective instrument that can bring reduction in poverty. Fina... more Financial sector development is an effective instrument that can bring reduction in poverty. Financial sector can be developed by four different ways, by improving efficiency of the financial sector, by increasing range of financial sector, by improving regulation of the financial sector and by increased accesses of more of the population to the financial services.For estimating effect of financial sector development on poverty we divided financial sector into four sectors, Banking sector, Insurance companies, Stock market and Bond market. Gini= f (Banking sector, Insurance companies, Stock market and Bond market) For banking sector, we used variables, central bank assets to GDP, deposits money banks assets to GDP, bank deposits, concentration, overhead costs and net interest rate. For insurance company we used variable non life insurance, to capture the effect of stock market variable stock market turnover ratio used.For bond market both market capitalization to GDP and public bond...
Canadian Social Science, Mar 20, 2011
Abstract: Marriage, a holy bond between a man and a woman, has been celebrated for the longest ti... more Abstract: Marriage, a holy bond between a man and a woman, has been celebrated for the longest time in all cultures and religions. Marriage is an indispensable starting point for family life. Pakistani society has always been a very complicated one, with many different castes and ethnic groups. Marriage pattern and marriage considerations vary from caste to caste but overall, is not the person rather the culture which decides when and whom to marry? Preferably marriages are arranged within the kin group. In Pakistan, cross-cousin and parallel-cousin marriages are both common. According to the recent Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), two-thirds of marriages in Pakistan are consanguineous, but the socio-cultural determinants of such marriages remain largely unexplored. In our culture, parents continue to be the prime decision-makers for marriages of both sons and daughters and individual consent is not given much priority. Consanguineous marriages are preferred among many ethnic groups particularly among sayyed, and Rajputs……and many others for a variety of socio-cultural reasons. This paper examines the relative importance of consanguineous marital unions with the help of qualitative anthropological data. Key words: Marriage; Pakistan; religion; Socio-cultural; Cutural PoliticsResume: Le mariage, un lien sacre entre un homme et une femme, a toujours ete celebree dans toutes les cultures et les religions. Le mariage est un point de depart indispensable pour la vie familiale. la societe pakistanaise a toujours ete tres compliquee, avec beaucoup de differentes castes et groupes ethniques. Le modele du mariage et les considerations de mariage varient de caste a caste mais apres tout , ce n'est pas la personne mais la culture qui decide quand et avec qui se marier? De preference, les mariages sont arranges dans le groupe de parente. Au Pakistan, les mariages entre cousine croisee et la cousine parallele sont a la fois commune. Selon les recentes donnees demographiques du Pakistan et de sante (EDS), les deux tiers des mariages sont consanguins au Pakistan, mais les determinants socio-culturels de ces mariages restent largement inexplorees. Dans notre culture, les parents continuent d'etre les premiers decideurs pour les mariages de deux fils et filles et le consentement individuel n'est pas une priorite. Mariages consanguins sont preferes parmi de nombreux groupes ethniques, en particulier parmi les Sayyed, et Rajputs ...... et beaucoup d'autres pour des raisons de socio-culturelles. Cet article examine l'importance relative des consanguins unions avec l'aide de donnees qualitatives anthropologique. Mots cles: Mariage; Le Pakistan; La religion; Socio-culturels; Politique Culturelle
globaljournals.org
Abstract-Agriculture plays an important and vital role in any economy especially for a country li... more Abstract-Agriculture plays an important and vital role in any economy especially for a country like Pakistan. Basically Pakistan is an agricultural country with the world's sixth largest population. The current population of Pakistan is more than 160 million which is growing ...
Pharmaceutical selling is different…..entirely different from the usual “selling.” The primary di... more Pharmaceutical selling is different…..entirely different from the usual “selling.” The primary difference is that the person who is in fact paying for the drugs is not the decision-maker. The decision making authority is someone else... the doctor. The patient or the end user, in turn is the doctor's customer. So basically two customers need to be satisfied, the doctor as well as the patient. The job of a pharmaceutical salesperson is also very interesting in the sense that he has nothing to “sell” to his customer on the spot, nor can he deliver a live demonstration. He has to sell the concept, the research, the features and benefits and the scientific knowledge, a job much more difficult than is perceived. But still there are thousands and thousands of pharmaceutical sales people worldwide doing a fine job and satisfying their ever-demanding customers. The role of a pharmaceutical salesperson has shifted over the years from a typical salesperson to that of a consultant or a fac...
Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 2010
Teaching and learning have been at the heart of education since the inception of mankind in this ... more Teaching and learning have been at the heart of education since the inception of mankind in this world. Higher education is meant to develop the ability of a student to think clearly, logically and honestly and to promote clear and critical thinking skills in student; the teacher himself/herself needs to be very much clear in his /her capabilities, duties and responsibilities. This study contributes towards the understanding of the major constraints of management dynamics of higher education in Pakistan. The major constraints are Financial, socio-cultural, technological, availability of skilled man power, quality and are of infrastructure, which were taken as independent variables to be tested against the dependent variable of management of higher education in Pakistan and student willingness and interest taken as moderating variable. Higher Education Commission of Pakistan is putting serious efforts to overcome these main constraints to promote higher education in Pakistan. Three d...
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is the sole potent driving force behind every knowledge driven economy of the world. In order to ... more is the sole potent driving force behind every knowledge driven economy of the world. In order to effectively implement ICT in various fields, there is a dire need for the availability of proper well trained / committed ICT work force in a country. In Pakistan lack of interest of students in the field of IT coupled with the decline in the quality of output has compelled us to embark upon deliberating on this vital issue which confronts us. This paper delves in to different factors like curriculum, availability of resources, proper guidance and career counselingthe core issues affecting the role of ICT at school level in Pakistan. Data is collected from the existing students of Bachelor (BBA ITM, BBA Hons, BCS) and Master level (MBA ITM,MBATEM ,MBA,MCS) programs of five different universities of Pakistan(two public sector and three well reputed private sector). It is observed that majority of the students hailed from remote areas of Pakistan having Urdumedium instruction background. With inadequate exposure of ICT at school or college level and maximum of their time was exhausted in developing basic level skill instead of preparing them for hi-tech industry. Moreover, it is observed that majority of the students are not aware of their objectives of the specific programs they are enrolled in and also about their future careers in these fields, simply due to nonexistence of career counseling culture both at school and college level
Canadian Social Science, Jan 1, 2011
Financial sector development is an effective instrument that can bring reduction in poverty. Fina... more Financial sector development is an effective instrument that can bring reduction in poverty. Financial sector can be developed by four different ways, by improving efficiency of the financial sector, by increasing range of financial sector, by improving regulation of the financial sector and by increased accesses of more of the population to the financial services.For estimating effect of financial sector development on poverty we divided financial sector into four sectors, Banking sector, Insurance companies, Stock market and Bond market. Gini= f (Banking sector, Insurance companies, Stock market and Bond market) For banking sector, we used variables, central bank assets to GDP, deposits money banks assets to GDP, bank deposits, concentration, overhead costs and net interest rate. For insurance company we used variable non life insurance, to capture the effect of stock market variable stock market turnover ratio used.For bond market both market capitalization to GDP and public bond...
Canadian Social Science, Mar 20, 2011
Abstract: Marriage, a holy bond between a man and a woman, has been celebrated for the longest ti... more Abstract: Marriage, a holy bond between a man and a woman, has been celebrated for the longest time in all cultures and religions. Marriage is an indispensable starting point for family life. Pakistani society has always been a very complicated one, with many different castes and ethnic groups. Marriage pattern and marriage considerations vary from caste to caste but overall, is not the person rather the culture which decides when and whom to marry? Preferably marriages are arranged within the kin group. In Pakistan, cross-cousin and parallel-cousin marriages are both common. According to the recent Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), two-thirds of marriages in Pakistan are consanguineous, but the socio-cultural determinants of such marriages remain largely unexplored. In our culture, parents continue to be the prime decision-makers for marriages of both sons and daughters and individual consent is not given much priority. Consanguineous marriages are preferred among many ethnic groups particularly among sayyed, and Rajputs……and many others for a variety of socio-cultural reasons. This paper examines the relative importance of consanguineous marital unions with the help of qualitative anthropological data. Key words: Marriage; Pakistan; religion; Socio-cultural; Cutural PoliticsResume: Le mariage, un lien sacre entre un homme et une femme, a toujours ete celebree dans toutes les cultures et les religions. Le mariage est un point de depart indispensable pour la vie familiale. la societe pakistanaise a toujours ete tres compliquee, avec beaucoup de differentes castes et groupes ethniques. Le modele du mariage et les considerations de mariage varient de caste a caste mais apres tout , ce n'est pas la personne mais la culture qui decide quand et avec qui se marier? De preference, les mariages sont arranges dans le groupe de parente. Au Pakistan, les mariages entre cousine croisee et la cousine parallele sont a la fois commune. Selon les recentes donnees demographiques du Pakistan et de sante (EDS), les deux tiers des mariages sont consanguins au Pakistan, mais les determinants socio-culturels de ces mariages restent largement inexplorees. Dans notre culture, les parents continuent d'etre les premiers decideurs pour les mariages de deux fils et filles et le consentement individuel n'est pas une priorite. Mariages consanguins sont preferes parmi de nombreux groupes ethniques, en particulier parmi les Sayyed, et Rajputs ...... et beaucoup d'autres pour des raisons de socio-culturelles. Cet article examine l'importance relative des consanguins unions avec l'aide de donnees qualitatives anthropologique. Mots cles: Mariage; Le Pakistan; La religion; Socio-culturels; Politique Culturelle
globaljournals.org
Abstract-Agriculture plays an important and vital role in any economy especially for a country li... more Abstract-Agriculture plays an important and vital role in any economy especially for a country like Pakistan. Basically Pakistan is an agricultural country with the world's sixth largest population. The current population of Pakistan is more than 160 million which is growing ...
Pharmaceutical selling is different…..entirely different from the usual “selling.” The primary di... more Pharmaceutical selling is different…..entirely different from the usual “selling.” The primary difference is that the person who is in fact paying for the drugs is not the decision-maker. The decision making authority is someone else... the doctor. The patient or the end user, in turn is the doctor's customer. So basically two customers need to be satisfied, the doctor as well as the patient. The job of a pharmaceutical salesperson is also very interesting in the sense that he has nothing to “sell” to his customer on the spot, nor can he deliver a live demonstration. He has to sell the concept, the research, the features and benefits and the scientific knowledge, a job much more difficult than is perceived. But still there are thousands and thousands of pharmaceutical sales people worldwide doing a fine job and satisfying their ever-demanding customers. The role of a pharmaceutical salesperson has shifted over the years from a typical salesperson to that of a consultant or a fac...
Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 2010
Teaching and learning have been at the heart of education since the inception of mankind in this ... more Teaching and learning have been at the heart of education since the inception of mankind in this world. Higher education is meant to develop the ability of a student to think clearly, logically and honestly and to promote clear and critical thinking skills in student; the teacher himself/herself needs to be very much clear in his /her capabilities, duties and responsibilities. This study contributes towards the understanding of the major constraints of management dynamics of higher education in Pakistan. The major constraints are Financial, socio-cultural, technological, availability of skilled man power, quality and are of infrastructure, which were taken as independent variables to be tested against the dependent variable of management of higher education in Pakistan and student willingness and interest taken as moderating variable. Higher Education Commission of Pakistan is putting serious efforts to overcome these main constraints to promote higher education in Pakistan. Three d...
ijhssnet.com
is the sole potent driving force behind every knowledge driven economy of the world. In order to ... more is the sole potent driving force behind every knowledge driven economy of the world. In order to effectively implement ICT in various fields, there is a dire need for the availability of proper well trained / committed ICT work force in a country. In Pakistan lack of interest of students in the field of IT coupled with the decline in the quality of output has compelled us to embark upon deliberating on this vital issue which confronts us. This paper delves in to different factors like curriculum, availability of resources, proper guidance and career counselingthe core issues affecting the role of ICT at school level in Pakistan. Data is collected from the existing students of Bachelor (BBA ITM, BBA Hons, BCS) and Master level (MBA ITM,MBATEM ,MBA,MCS) programs of five different universities of Pakistan(two public sector and three well reputed private sector). It is observed that majority of the students hailed from remote areas of Pakistan having Urdumedium instruction background. With inadequate exposure of ICT at school or college level and maximum of their time was exhausted in developing basic level skill instead of preparing them for hi-tech industry. Moreover, it is observed that majority of the students are not aware of their objectives of the specific programs they are enrolled in and also about their future careers in these fields, simply due to nonexistence of career counseling culture both at school and college level
Canadian Social Science, Jan 1, 2011