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Author(s):
HAFEEZ UR REHMAN
Professor/ChairmanDepartment of Economics at the University of the Punjab, Lahore
Pakistan
IMTIAZ AHMED
Deputy ChiefPlanning Commission, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad (Pakistan)
Pakistan
MASOOD SARWAR AWAN
Professor/ChairmanUniversity of Sargodha, Sargodha
Pakistan
- sarwar.masood@gmail.com
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Type: | Articles |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 2 |
Language: | English |
Id: | 608faff3267f0 |
Pages | 155 - 166 |
Published | December 31, 2007 |

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