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Example #1 METHODOLGYFollowing methods and tools have been used to find the information and do the analysis in the paper.3.1 Case Study ApproachThis paper is based on the case study of foreign trade sector of Pakistan with a special focus on issues of export sector of the country. A method of qualitative research is followed based on the literature review, desk review and interviews. Scope of literature review includes academic journals, scholarly books, reports and news articles. Pakistan Foreign trade is taken as case study to explore the trade deficit issue. As 70 percent exports of Pakistan are concentrated in textile and agriculture sector, paper hasincluded detailed overview of these two sectors also. There is also limited quantitative research in the form of data extracted from surveys in Pakistan within the last ten years. Some semi structured phone interviews are conducted with traders and some government organization like “Trade Development Authority of Pakistan” and research institute named “Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development”. The goal of interviews is to understand the trade policy issues on formulating level and its effects on the export sector of Pakistan to reduce trade deficit. The feedback from the traders is to confirm the findings of the literature review and there would be some further interviews conducted with trade ministry officials of Pakistan regarding ongoing reforms in foreign trade sector, especially for export promotion. In addition to that I have used my previous knowledge of working as civil servant in Pakistan and have include important notes(desk reviews) of focus group discussions of textile and agriculture sectors exporters of Pakistan which can expose the real difficulties of exporters and reasons of lagging behindin exports from their perspective.3.2 Data Collection TechniqueAs data collection is a fundamental requirement for any type of research. For this specificstudy, secondary data sources are mostly used the primary data will be collected through expert interviews through online sources like Skype and Facebook as a mean of communication. The Skype option among other online video application will be used because of the popularity of the application in the country. As far as the secondary data isconcerned, various sources like books, articles, newspapers, journals and Internet resources based data will be used.3.3 Ethical ConsiderationsAs the nature and topic is technical for most of the respondents, therefore, before sendingthem requests for their willingness for interviews, the ethical aspects of the procedure hasbeen seriously taken into consideration and explained them the subject matter as well as the purpose of the study. After the data is collected, the results and findings are promised to be shared with the interviewees and government organization which participated in it.
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