Inaugural Address

1987 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-253
Author(s):  
Mian Muhammad Yasin Khan Wattoo
Keyword(s):  
General Meeting ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Economic Decision Making ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
Almost All

Prof. Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, Dr M. Ghaffar Chaudhry, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a privilege for me to inaugurate the Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists. I am pleased to note that within only five years of its existence the Society has evolved into a prestigious forum for a free and precious exchange of ideas among economists and policy-makers. I am told that through these annual general meetings 74 papers on various topics have been prepared and published, and that, in its Lecture Series on Development Economics, eminent international economists and demographers have read papers on leading issues in economics and demography. The literature created under the aegis of the Society furnishes useful insights into the functioning of the economy and has contributed to the comprehension of the problems of almost all areas of Pakistan's economy - agriculture, industry, trade, resource mobilization, etc. I am happy to note that the Society has helped to promote a scientific and pragmatic approach in policy-formulation and economic decision-making, and has enabled us to think systematically about the nature of the challenges posed and faced by Pakistan's economic development and about the response to this challenge.

Inaugural Address

1993 ◽  
Vol 32 (4I) ◽  
pp. 349-354
Author(s):  
Sartaj Az1z
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
International Forum ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Great Satisfaction ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Shed Light

Professor Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a great privilege for me to inaugurate the Ninth Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE) and exchange ideas with eminent national and international economists, planners and scholars. It is a source of great satisfaction to note the contribution of PSDE to enhance knowledge in the area of economic development in Pakistan and abroad. Since its formal inception in 1983, the Society has grown in many ways-it has broadened its scope as well as gained in-depth, and has also attained the stature of a prestigious international forum, which provides an opportunity to outstanding scholars, policy-makers and economists to shed light on new ideas. The Society and its office bearers deserve our congratulations on conducting their affairs in such a competent and constructive manner.

Inaugural Address

1985 ◽  
Vol 24 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 201-207
Author(s):  
Mahbub Ul Haq
Keyword(s):  
Development Policy ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
Policy Makers

Prof. Naqvi, Dr Sarfraz Qureshi, Ladies and Gentlemen! It is certainly a great privilege for me to inaugurate the Second Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists. Even though these days I have a 'small' exercise going on for the forthcoming budget, I thought it was more important that I should come here and associate myself with fellow professionals also. I am delighted to learn from Dr Qureshi that there are 400 members of this Society. It is good to know that there are so many development economists around to lend us a helping hand. I hope that this tribe will grow. We just had the great pleasure of listening to Prof. Naqvi's Presidential Address about three categories of economists: the development policy-makers, the development economists and the defunct economists. I am sure that the Address gave you both as much pleasure and as many uncomfortable thoughts as it gave me because it made us do some soul-searching to find out which category we belonged to. I made the unpleasant discovery, as I reviewed myself, that I probably belong in part to all the three categories.

scholarly journals Inaugural Address

2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (4I) ◽  
pp. 313-317
Author(s):  
Shaukat Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
The People ◽  
Opportune Time ◽  
The Common

Ladies and Gentlemen: The 18th Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE) is taking place at an opportune time. The country has witnessed a smooth transition to democracy. There is now an elected government in place, fully charged with enthusiasm to improve the life of the common man by building a strong and vibrant economy. While we are in the process of finalising our economic agenda for the next five years, we would certainly welcome suggestions for improving the country’s economy from this august gathering. Knowledge is not the exclusive wisdom of the people at the helm of affairs. Some of the best brains in economics and other social sciences are participating in this conference and will be deliberating on various aspects of Pakistan’s economy for the next three days. I shall be looking forward to receiving their recommendations.

scholarly journals Pakistan Society of Development Economists: Secretary’s Report

1988 ◽  
Vol 27 (4II) ◽  
pp. 911-916
Author(s):  
Secretary's Report
Keyword(s):  
Development Economics ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Close Collaboration ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Contemporary Research

Honourable Mr Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Professor Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, President of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists, Distinguished Delegates, Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Assalam-o- Alaikum. It is indeed a great honour and privilege for me to welcome you all, on behalf of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE, for short), to this inaugural session of the Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Society. Such glittering gatherings of national and international scholars of Development Economics are rare in Pakistan and, therefore, most welcome and impressive. I am, therefore, most grateful to you all for your valuable participation in this meeting. The Pakistan Society of Development Economists is truly a brainchild of Professor Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, Director of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, who is appropriately its President also. Based in the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, the society was registered on October 19, 1982 under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. The main objective of the Society was to provide a forum for effective disseminate ion of the fruits of contemporary research, both here and abroad, among academics, Government economists, researchers and policy-makers concerned with socio-economic matters and development. It also aimed at serving as a bridge of contact between scholars of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics and those similarly engaged in government, universities and other national and international institutions. To attain these objectives, the Society organizes Annual General Meetings and, in close collaboration with the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, holds a number of lectures in the Institute's series of "Lectures in Development Economics". Through these meetings and lectures, •the Society maintains an active contact with its members as well as with eminent national and international scholars. The Society also plans to award medals and cash prizes to scholars for outstanding research contributions in the field of Development Economics.

Inaugural Address

1988 ◽  
Vol 27 (4I) ◽  
pp. 347-353
Author(s):  
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
The Past

Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, Dr Ghaffar Chaudhry, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is my privilege to inaugurate the Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists. During the past six years of its existence the Society, which I founded in 1982, has become an institution devoted to the pursuit of scientific virtuosity and academic rectitude. It has provided a powerful medium through which a serious discussion of economic and demographic issues related to Pakistan's economy has become possible. I am happy to know that by this time over one hundred papers, written by scholars from all over the world, have been presented in this forum. In addition, the Inaugural Address, the Presidential Address, the Quaid-i-Azam Lectures, and the Guest Lectures, presented in this forum each year, provide a synoptic review of the fields of development economics and demography, and of issues relating to the economics of education, health and the role of women in the development process. This massive intellectual output should strengthen the process of knowledge creation by matching the theories of economic development with the 'reality' in the developing countries. The resulting literature, with a focus on Pakistan, also provides rich source material and guidelines for policy formulation in the field of socio-economic development. I must add, however, that while due to the contributions of the Society we know much more about the nature of the development problem, our knowledge of how to solve it has probably not expanded as much.

Inaugural Address

1986 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-221
Author(s):  
Mian Muhammad Yasin Khan Wattoo
Keyword(s):  
Development Economics ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
Substantial Body ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World

Mr President of the Society, Secretary of the Society, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure to inaugurate the Third Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE). I am happy to note that, within only four years of its existence, the Society has become one of the most important national forums for discussing economic and demographic issues relating to Pakistan's economy and has attracted to its fold a large number of social scientists from all over the world. The first and second Annual General Meetings of the Society, held in the last two years, have already generated a substantial body of relevant knowledge about development economics and Pakistan's economy. I am sure that the third meeting will be even more fruitful in this respect.

scholarly journals Inaugural Address

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (4I) ◽  
pp. 523-526
Author(s):  
Shaukat Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Public Life ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Research Community ◽  
The State ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
Finance Minister ◽  
Good Morning ◽  
The Future

Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Assalam-o-Alaikum and Good Morning It is a privilege to be in your midst today in the Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists. This is the fourth time in my seven years of public life here that I have the opportunity of interacting with such a distinguished gathering of economists, academicians, and scholars at this forum. I cannot help but think about my first interaction with this gathering 7 years ago. It was the 15th AGM of PSDE in November 1999. I had assumed responsibility as Finance Minister a few weeks ago and I took the opportunity to present a roadmap to this very audience. I am happy to return today to tell you what we have been able to achieve, the challenges we face and our plans for the future. I expect you—the research community— to help us in preparing better policies to support the progress that we have made so far. The economists present here know the story of our progress intimately so I will not go into any details. You would recall that seven years ago, our country was in the middle of a major crisis. Our economy was in dire straits. The state of governance left much to be desired. We were also isolated with mounting tensions on our borders. We have come a long way since then!

scholarly journals Inaugural Address

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (4I) ◽  
pp. 291-297
Author(s):  
Shaukat Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Development Economics ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Annual General Meeting

Ladies and Gentlemen: It is my pleasure and honour to address the distinguished gathering of economists, social scientists, intellectuals and renowned personalities from within and outside the country on the occasion of the 19th Annual General Meeting of the Society. This has become an important event in Pakistan where economists and social scientists sit together and deliberate on various issues facing developing economies in general and Pakistan’s economy in particular. The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) deserves our appreciation for holding such a conference on a regular basis. In fact, I have been using this platform for the last four years to apprise the nation about the progress we have been making on the economic front and about the policies we have been pursuing. I intend to do the same today.

Inaugural Address

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (4I) ◽  
pp. 313-318
Author(s):  
Makhdoom Shahab-Ud-Din
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
The World ◽  
To Come

It is with great pleasure that I inaugurate the Eleventh Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists. I have noted with satisfaction the contribution this Society has made over the years to add to our knowledge about the importance of development economics, and particularly in comprehending adequately the multi-dimensional character of the development process and for framing fruitful policies to accelerate the rate of economic development. Above all, it has given an institutional shape to the meaningful dialogue between professional economists and policy-makers. I am delighted to see such a large number of distinguished economists from all over the world participating in the Society’s deliberations. Only the best results can be expected to come out of such objective discussions about some of the highly topical economic issues of our time. I wish to extend my appreciation to the Society for providing such an effective platform to economists, demographers, and anthropologists.

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