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IMPACT OF FOREIGN AID ON HEALTH SECTOR OF PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2020(V-III).03      10.31703/ger.2020(V-III).03      Published : Sep 2020

Impact of Foreign Aid on Health Sector of Pakistan

Abstract

    Foreign-Aid is considered a key to economic growth in developing countries. Governments of developing countries are not able to fulfil the requirements of development. Official Development Assistant is used as supplements of domestic resources, and it plays a vital role in the bridge the gap of the budget deficit. Health is the main contributor to economic growth. Like other sectors, Pakistan relies on foreign aid to improve the health sector. The main purpose of the paper to assess the impact of foreign aid on the health sector of Pakistan. Time series data for the time period of 1984 to 2019 was used. Auto-Regressive-Distributed-lag model had been used to find out short as well as long-run association among the variables. The results of the study showed a positive and significant impact of foreign aid on the health sector of Pakistan.

    Foreign Aid, Health Sector, ARDL, Investment, Openness

    (1) Aftab Anwar
    Assistant Professor, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ghulam Yahya Khan
    Assistant Professor, Kashmir Institute of Economics, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Kashmir, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Masood Anwar
    PhD Scholar, Kashmir Institute of Economics, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Kashmir, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Anwar, Aftab, Ghulam Yahya Khan, and Muhammad Masood Anwar. 2020. "Impact of Foreign Aid on Health Sector of Pakistan." Global Economics Review, V (III): 22-33 doi: 10.31703/ger.2020(V-III).03

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    HARVARD : ANWAR, A., KHAN, G. Y. & ANWAR, M. M. 2020. Impact of Foreign Aid on Health Sector of Pakistan. Global Economics Review, V, 22-33.

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    OXFORD : Anwar, Aftab, Khan, Ghulam Yahya, and Anwar, Muhammad Masood (2020), "Impact of Foreign Aid on Health Sector of Pakistan", Global Economics Review, V (III), 22-33

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    TURABIAN : Anwar, Aftab, Ghulam Yahya Khan, and Muhammad Masood Anwar. "Impact of Foreign Aid on Health Sector of Pakistan." Global Economics Review V, no. III (2020): 22-33. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2020(V-III).03