Population Growth and Development Prospects for Pakistan
Since its founding Pakistan has exhibited a continuously high rate of population growth. When measured by population size it has moved from the thirteenth largest country in 1950 to the seventh largest country in 1996 (Table 1). Today Pakikan exhibits the highest rate of growth among the world's largest countries, and according to some projections will become the third most populated country in the world by the year 2050 [United Nations (1998)]. Given the country's present resources, this magnitude of population growth has serious implications for the social and economic well-being of the people of Pakistan. A staggering statistic shows that the area now constituting Pakistan which had only 16.6 million people at the turn of the century, will surpass the 150 million mark by the new millennium (less than a year away).
Contraceptive methods choice in Pakistan: determined or predetermined.

 The author explores the factors affecting ever and current use of contraception, the continuity of use and shifting of methods, and method selection among women in Pakistan. Data are analyzed for 6364 currently married women aged 15-49 sampled in the 1990-91 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey. The analysis found woman's age to be more important than the number of living children in the selection of methods by women; the continuity of contraceptive use tends to be determined by attitude driven by fertility desires; women's lifestyle becomes important only when female conventional methods are considered; greater provision and accessibility to various methods increases the probability that women in major urban areas will practice sterilization, while increased program coverage seems to increase the chances that women in small urban areas will practice either sterilization or other conventional female methods; rural women are more likely than urban women to adopt modern methods; and the ability to go to a clinic alone is important only when modern methods are compared in general against traditional methods. The use of sterilization increases among older women, those in urban areas, and those with some education, while the probability to use a conventional female method is high among women with higher parity, younger in age, residents of rural areas and small towns, and those who watch television at least once per week. The use of condoms increases significantly in women from major urban areas, with low parity, and from middle age cohorts. In general, however, current use and ever use of contraception is influenced by sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, while continuity and method selection are affected by either demographic or sociocultural factors.

Did the metamorphosis from Export Processing Zones to Special Economic Zones improve the efficiency of trade enclaves in India?
In this paper, the efficiency of seven conventional Special Economic Zones in India is analyzed, by adopting a stochastic production frontier technique, for the period between 1986–1987 and 2007–2008.Results indicate that although the efficiency scores of these enclaves have improved over the years, specifically with the introduction of the SEZ policy (2000–2001), it is far below the threshold level as identified in the literature. Besides, one can also observe a discrepancy emerging between better export earning zones and efficient zones. On the determinants side, policy intervention and large geographical area, accompanied by clustering of units, are found to have impacted the efficiency scores of these enclaves positively.