Technocratic and Political Arguments Shape Pakistan’s Debate on Creating New Provinces

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THE debate on new provinces rests on two different levels. The first is the broader technocratic concern with decentralisation and its hypothetical impact on social welfare and economic growth outcomes. The second is the political economy of constitutional and administrative reform in divided polities. Both aspects are important and it is revealing which one is highlighted by whom and at what point. Let’s start with the first one. Recent research presents a nuanced, but positive leaning relat...

By [email protected] (Umair Javed)