Tag: Dr. Omer Javed
Where is the discussion on policy? – Dr. Omer Javed
Dr. Omer Javed | Does the print media matter much to the government or for that matter the media overall? Hardly anyone seems to pay...
Learning from Vietnam’s economic experience – II – Dr. Omer Javed
Dr. Omer Javed | Pakistan has to move from efforts to obtain direct foreign assistance or foreign aid to attracting foreign capital — primarily in...
Learning from Vietnam’s economic experience -I- Dr. Omer Javed
Dr. Omer Javed | The PM often advises the people to become the ‘shaheen’ (or eagle) of Iqbal (the national poet), occupying the heights in...
No Big (IMF) Deal!
Dr. Omer Javed | In a recent interview of BBC’s Hard Talk, the Finance Minister (FM) was told by the anchor person that his government...
Pakistan Development Bank – Dr Omer Javed
Dr Omer Javed | The delivery in the development sector of Pakistan needs innovative thinking; moving to out of box ways in which it has...
The shortcomings of IMF programme – Dr. Omer Javed
Dr. Omer Javed | IMF programmes are highly tilted towards aggregate demand management, and least focused on supply-sided impetus. Also, they ask for following a...
Focusing on provincial governments and territories – II
Dr Omer Javed | Continued from Part – I, published on October 21, 2018 There has sadly become a trend for policymakers in general, and economists...
Accountability of Provincial Governments necessary
Dr. Omer Javed | Are provinces another country, or do they have very little role to play after the 18th Amendment to the constitution? Well,...
IMF Programme: Challenges and Opportunities – Dr. Omer Javed
Dr. Omer Javed | Now that the PTI led government has approached the International Monetary Fund (IMF) formally for negotiating a programme, indeed very little...
Social Democracy: The Middle Way for Pakistan
Dr. Omer Javed | The PTI government has indicated that it will reform the economy and institutions, in order to establish a welfare state; to...