| Event Title: | ISAS Book Launch and Panel Discussion |
| Topic: | The State of the Economy: Challenges & Responses |
| Date/Time: | 29 August 2014 | 00:00 - 11:59 |
| Venue: | MEI Conference Room |
| Speaker/s: | multiple speaker |
| Description: | The State of the Economy: Challenges and Opportunity, the seventh annual report of the Lahore-based Institute of Public Policy is based on two assumptions. The authors believe that while 2013/14 was a very difficult year for Pakistan "perhaps the most difficult it has faced in its 67 year history " it came not only with challenges but also with opportunities. The report argues that it is the job of the policymakers to recognize the first and to use the second to chart a different course for the country. The report was authored by Shahid Javed Burki and Parvez Hasan, former World Bank officials. |