Economy of Tomorrow: A Case Study of Pakistan
Hafiz A. Pasha*
Prof. Dr. Hafiz A. Pasha will deliver his keynote lecture on the ‘The Economics of Tomorrow’, based on a study supported by FES Germany. The lecture will highlight the fact that Pakistan is on the ‘Knife edge’. The economy could get back to a trajectory of high growth or remain stuck in a low-level equilibrium. The lecture will focus on the key economic and non-economic factors that will determine the path that the country will take and identify the required policies and structural reforms.
* Dr. Hafiz A. Pasha is Professor Emeritus at the Beaconhouse National University and the Lahore School of Economics. He has served earlier as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi. He has held a number of public appointments as Commerce Minister, Advisor to the Prime Minister/Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Deputy Chairmen/Federal Minister, Planning Commission and Education Minister. Dr. Pasha has also served as United Nations Assistant Secretary General. He has an MA from Cambridge University and PhD from Stanford University. He has received the Congressional Medal of Achievement from the Philippines and the Engro Lifetime Achievement Award in Social Sciences. Recently, he was declared as one of the top 100 Educators in the world by IBC, Cambridge.