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标题：Competitiveness and Pakistan: A Dangerous, Distorting and Dead-End Obsession?
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作者：Matthew McCartney
期刊名称：The Lahore Journal of Economics
印刷版ISSN：1811-5438
电子版ISSN：1811-5446
出版年度：2012
卷号：17
期号：SE
页码：213-241
出版社：Lahore School of Economics
摘要：Competitiveness has become a mantra and organizing framework for much government policymaking in Pakistan and beyond. Rarely does anyone question the concept and use of the competitiveness paradigm itself. Krugman (1994) argues that this "obsession with competitiveness is both wrong and dangerous." This article draws from Krugman's work and examines the use (or abuse) of the concept of competitiveness in the context of contemporary Pakistan. We focus on three recent and influential reports on competitiveness in Pakistan by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and Competitiveness Support Fund, and agree with Krugman's negative view
关键词：Competitiveness; policy; Pakistan