Inaugural Address

In: The Pakistan development review: PDR, Band 49, Heft 4I, S. 273-278

Abstract

My fellow social scientists, economists, scholars, thinkers,
observers. Welcome to the 26th Annual General Meeting and Conference of
the Pakistan Society of Development Economists—a society that prides
itself on being the only "professional association of economists and
other social scientists" in the country. This annual event serves many
purposes: it is an intellectual exchange allowing a stock taking of
research and ideas; it is a showcase of fresh understandings and
analyses of the Pakistani economy and society; it is a place to review
policy and develop constructive policy debates to improve economic
management; and it is also a place to develop economists and prepare
them to lead development thinking in the country. I was happy to see
that the agenda contains a number of panels with leading Pakistani
economists discussing a burning issue of the day—fiscal federalism which
we are facing with the 18th amendment and the NFC award. We will all
await ideas that are generated from the PSDE.