Faculty / School
Faculty of Business Administration (FBA)
Department
Department of Economics
Was this content written or created while at IBA?
Yes
Document Type
Article
Source Publication
The Pakistan Development Review
Keywords
Economic reforms, Economy, Pakistan
Disciplines
Business | Economics | Public Economics
Abstract
In 1998 I was invited by Dr Sarfraz Qureshi, the then Director of PIDE to deliver a lecture on "The Political Economy of Reforms: A Case Study of Pakistan". 1 This lecture was subsequently published by PIDE as a monograph. A year later, in ·December 1999, I had the honour of becoming the Governor of the State. Bank of Pakistan and actually participated actively in the formulation and implementation of economic reforms. During· the six year period of public policy making I realised that my knowledge about the political economy as manifested in my PI,DE lecture was incomplete. The narrative was more complex than I had developed as an outsider. Now, six years later after my retirement from the State Bank of Pakistan I again reflected upon this topic as an observer and analyst rather than a participant. I realised. My learnings have become much richer by applying these different prisms-those of an international development economist, a public policy-maker and now an independent analyst.
Recommended Citation
Husain, I. (2012). Economic Reforms in Pakistan. The Pakistan Development Review, 51:4 (4), 7-22. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/faculty-research-articles/226