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!

Inaugural Address

1992 ◽  
Vol 31 (4I) ◽  
pp. 335-338
Author(s):  
Sartaj Az1z
Keyword(s):  
General Meeting ◽  
National Interest ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
Finance Minister ◽  
Distinguished Group

It is a matter of great pleasure and privilege for me to inaugurate the Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists and to address such a distinguished group of professional economists and policymakers. Many of you will recall Lord Keynes famous remark, "Every politician is a slave of some defunct economist". Perhaps the only way for a politician to escape that Keynesian trap is to remain an economist. That is what I am trying to do, but I have begun to realise that the principles of good economics cannot always be reconciled with the requirements of politics. Similarly, a Finance Minister cannot always be both popular and patriotic at the same time. Often he has to make a deliberate choice of taking unpopular decisions in the national interest.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

scholarly journals An Inaugural Address delivered before the first Annual General Meeting of the Society, 11th May, 1911

1911 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. xi-xx ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Haverfield
Keyword(s):  
General Meeting ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Annual General Meeting

If a cynic were asked why the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies had been founded, he might reply that it was done to satisfy the grumbles of a few specialists. That is certainly a part of the truth. But this meeting would not have been convened nor would the council of the society have bidden the President to deliver an inaugural address unless much larger issues had been involved.

scholarly journals Inaugural Address

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (4I) ◽  
pp. 273-278
Author(s):  
Nadeem Ul Haque Haque
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Professional Association ◽  
Annual General ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Economic Management ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
Policy Debates

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.

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