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

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.

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

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (4I) ◽  
pp. 329-333
Author(s):  
Sartaj Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic

Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, Dr A. R. Kemal, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a matter of pleasure and privilege for me to inaugurate the Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists. I;un grateful to the President of the Society for his invitation to address this august body. I am pleased to observe that in its short but eventful existence the Society has grown in stature, nationally and internationally. It has contributed immensely to the cause of development economics and has deepened our understanding of the development process in Pakistan. The Society has carried out its task: in a low-keyed but efficient fashion, and has shown its commitment to achieving academic excellence. I wish to congratulate the Society for its accomplishments, with the sincere hope that it will continue to pursue its mission with undivided attention. This session of the Society is taking place at a crucial time. On the international front, the world is in the grip of a serious crisis emanating from the Gulf situation and the slowing down of world economic growth. And at home, despite many constraints the newly elected Government has embarked upon a bold programme of economic and social development and reforms.

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.

Sakuntala Narasimhan. Empowering Women: An Alternative Strategy from Rural India. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1999. Indian Rupees 195.00. (Paperback). 236pp.

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-224
Author(s):  
Samina Nazli
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Rural India ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
The Past ◽  
Simple Strategy ◽  
Scheduled Castes

The positive role of women in economic development cannot be understated; those that are educated and properly empowered can act as catalysts in the development process. This book is about how to empower women so that they can become independent and self-sustaining actors in development. The conventional wisdom is that womens’ empowerment depends on following a simple strategy—alleviate poverty by spending large amounts of money. Having followed this strategy in the past the author feels that it has been far from successful. Monetary inputs by itself is not a sufficient condition to assist women in improving their status. The author puts forward an alternate view that the reasons why women are disadvantaged in India, despite fifty years of development, is due to their ignorance, powerlessness and vulnerability. This is particularly so for those women who belong to the Scheduled Castes (Harijans) and Scheduled Tribes (Girijans or “mountain people”).

The Navigational Requirements for Ocean Cable Laying

1978 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Edward Fennessy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
The United States ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Post Office ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
Cable Laying

In his Presidential Address, presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Institute held in London on 19 October 1977, Sir Edward Fennessy, until recently Managing Director Telecommunications at the Post Office, traces the role of navigation in the development of ocean cable laying from the earliest days. Today, telephone cables capable of bearing several thousand telephone conversations link the continents; plans are now well advanced for the laying of a cable between Cornwall and the United States which will provide some four thousand circuits. To lay and maintain these cables calls for all the precision obtainable from the most modern electronic aids to navigation and position fixing, including the satellites.

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.

ON THE WAY TO AN INNOVATIVE ECONOMY: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (65) ◽  
pp. 35-50
Author(s):  
Anatoly I. Kotov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Implementation Period ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Innovative Economy

Recognizing the special role of innovations in ensuring the economic development of Russia, the state authorities have been intensively looking for ways and means to strengthen innovation activity in Russia over the past decade. The main document proclaiming the goals and main directions of innovation policy is the Strategy of innovative development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2020. Due to the fact that the implementation period has expired, the author analyzes the achievement of the goals and indicators defined in the strategy, and also draws some conclusions about the outcomes obtained by the analysis of the development of innovation activity in Russia.

Approaching the 21st Century: Perspectives on Korean Industrial Relations

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seoghun Woo
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government ◽  
Time Changes ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Major Factors

This paper argues that the future direction for the development of Korean industrial relations will evolve through direct interaction between employers and trade unions (either conflictual or cooperative). The government is likely to play a less interventionist role in industrial relations, compared with the past, and to adopt the role of mediator between unions and employers. Characteristics of Korean industrial relations during the pre- 1987 period is firstly examined; four major factors are used to explain the industrial relations practice during this time. Changes after 1987 are also considered. Special consideration is given to interaction between the environment and the three major industrial relations participants, and the interactions between them. Both macro and micro aspects of industrial relations are examined. The special Presidential Address (26/04/1996), known as New Conception of Industrial Relations, is also analysed in terms of its implications for future industrial relations issues in Korea.

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