Open AccessInput-Output Relationships in Pakistan (Book Review)
Author(s) -
Wouter Tims
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v5i3pp.525-528
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , task (project management) , courage , tribute , table (database) , work (physics) , operations research , product (mathematics) , economics , computer science , regional science , political science , sociology , management , law , engineering , mathematics , geometry , programming language , mechanical engineering , data mining
Growing integration of economic analysis and policy makingover the last several decades has created, as a by-product, an everincreasing flow of economic statistics, which still continues to grow inscope and detail. This is especially true in developed countries, wherethe various statistical offices produce each year an amount of newmaterial which could easily fill a respectable bookcase. This is alsotrue in the developing countries where the requirements for rationaldevelopment planning and policy preparation are increasing rapidly andmost of the statistical agencies have a difficult time in trying to keepup with these demands. One of the most comprehensive descriptions of aneconomy, which is receiving increasing attention at the policyformulating level, is provided within the framework of an input-outputtable, and Dr. Rasul has made it his task to produce such a table forthe Pakistan economy of 1954. This is a staggering task, generally doneby a team of statisticians instead of by one person. The authordeserves, therefore, a tribute of respect for his courage andperseverance in undertaking this work. This is even more the case whenone realises that this project was undertaken at a distance of severalthousand miles from Pakistan, in the Netherlands Economic Institute inRotterdam or at the author's home in the Hague.