Journal of Development and Social Sciences

Social Work Field Practicum: From Signature Pedagogy to the Field Workers Challenges

Amna Tariq, Dr. Beenish Ijaz Butt, Yasir Javed — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0500

Social Work Field Practicum is an essential to Social Work education. Literature shows that there are certain challenges and problems in Social Work Field Practicum. The intention of this study was to investigate experiences and challenges faced by graduate students during training of Field Work. To explain the issue, the following study used phenomenological research approach. In the present research, multi-stage sampling was used and firstly two universities of Punjab namely, University of the Punjab Lahore and University of Sargodha, Sargodha were selected; secondly department of Social Work of the above said universities were selected by following purposive sampling and thirdly the participants of the study were contacted through the department. Criteria for the selection of participants were the students who have completed field work during graduate program. The data was analyzed by following the overall process guided by Creswell (2013) and later analysis was presented through the major themes.

Development Path of Bilateral Economic Relations between Pakistan and China: Current International Situation

Gao Xin, Naumana Kiran — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0500

China and Pakistan are strategic partners, and the two people share a deep historical sentiment. Currently, changes in the world, times, and history are unfolding in an unprecedented manner. Faced with a highly uncertain world situation, Pakistan and China maintain high-level cooperation in multilateral mechanisms, closely cooperate on major international and regional issues, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. It analyzes the prospects for deepening cooperation in bilateral trade between Pakistan and China, as well as the risk factors that are likely to occur in bilateral trade between Pakistan and China. For this research study both the primary and secondary sources are utilized and qualitative research techniques are applied to trace out the results. It is necessary for both the partner to never undermine the threats of the international powers and changing politics of the world.

Conflicts and The Structure of Economy: A Case of Trade in Pakistan

Akhtar Gul, Dr. Shumaila Sadiq, Sifat Ullah Khan — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0500

Trade and investment are considered crucial elements of long-run growth which along with other factors are also affected by conflicts. This study addresses this issue by taking both internal and external conflicts and its effects on trade. The ARDL approach used for the period of 1984 to 2016. External and internal conflicts both have a statistically significant and negative effect on exports. Government stability has positive effect on exports. Therefore, macroeconomic instability has a negative and statistically significant impact on exports. The law and order and ethnic tension do not have a statistically significant impact on exports. Democratic accountability and socioeconomic conditions also have statistically significant negative and positive impacts on exports, respectively. In the import model, government stability, ethnic tension, law and order, and democratic accountability do not impact imports. External conflict is statistically significant and positive for imports. External and internal conflicts have negative effects on trade (exports and imports) in other aspect of the globe. Therefore, socioeconomic conditions also have a statistically significant negative on imports. The empirical results support the theory of conflicts in Pakistan. Based on the findings, it is suggested that the government may design policies that ensure protection of economy from conflicts and smoothen the flow of trade.