Finance Minister, Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Dr Nadeem VI Haque, Patron of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists and Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Past Presidents and Distinguished Members of the Society, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is my pleasure to welcome you all to...

It is indeed a privilege for me to join Dr Naved Hamid in paying tribute to Dr Parvez Hasan, an outstanding economist recognised for his work on development economics, on the economy of Pakistan, and the East Asian economies. The Pakistan Society of Development Economists honours him today for...

Syed Naveed Qamar, Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Dr Ishfaq Ahmad, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Professor Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, Former President, PSDE, Dr Sarfraz Khan Qureshi, Former President, PSDE, Dr G. M. Arif, Secretary, PSDE, Past Presidents and...

The paper argues that if Pakistan is to survive and prosper under the competitive conditions of the new global economy, then it must move away from its overwhelming dependence on “cottonomics” into more technology- and knowledge-based productswhere global growth is concentrated. For this to...