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Fourth Annual Conference on Management of the Pakistan Economy Concludes

Lahore School of Economics’ Fourth Annual Conference on Management of Pakistan Economy (Ensuring Stable and Inclusive Growth) concluded here on April 25, 2008. A group of distinguished policymakers, academics, and international experts related to economic management presented their papers to the informed gathering.

The Second day of the conference on the Management of the Pakistan Economy, being organised by Lahore School of Economics began with a session on 'Rethinking Development Strategy.' The session was chaired by Dr. Shahid Javed Burki who emphasised on the state's role in facilitating development in countries such as Pakistan through technical advice and financial support. He said that policies based on the 'Washington Consensus' may not necessarily be ideal for the developing countries and thereby should be taken 'with a pinch of salt.'
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4/25/2008 08:27:00 PM,

Lahore School Fourth Annual Conference on Management of the Pakistan Economy - April 24, 2008

The first day of the Fourth Annual Conference on the Management of the Pakistan Economy being organized by the Lahore School of Economics started with interesting keynote addresses delivered by Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry, the Rector Lahore School and Dr. Shahid Javed Burki former Vice President of the World Bank.


Dr. Shahid Amjad emphasized on the need to alleviate poverty through expenditure on Education, Health and Housing. He was of the view that the role of private sector in the provision of education should be encouraged through direct income supplements such as a transferable voucher schemes. He blamed the inadequacy of health services provision as the biggest cause of families falling prey to poverty, to be reformed through, compulsory coverage of hospitalization expenditures. On the housing front,he further proposed that public housing schemes should be reintroduced and that payments made towards housing rent should be directed towards housing loans. To finance these expenditures, Dr. Amjad suggested that the tax base be widened to include the energy sector, real estate and the stock market. Addressing macro-economic imbalances, he said that the Current Account Deficit should be minimized through exchange rate adjustments and revisiting the idea of increasing tariff rates.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4/24/2008 05:23:00 PM,

Ensuring Stable and Inclusive Growth

The Pakistan Economy is facing critical problems which are threatening its political and economic stability. At the forefront are issues such as rising inflation, poverty and macroeconomic imbalances which will have an adverse impact on the growth momentum as well. The recent elections have paved the way for the government to reorganize strategy in relation to various pending reforms needed to remove distortions and inefficiencies that prevail in the economy.

The Lahore School of Economics is hosting the Fourth Annual Conference on the Management of the Pakistan Economy between the 24th and 25th of April, 2008. The theme of the conference is ‘Ensuring Stable and Inclusive Growth’ keeping in view the immediate and medium term decisions that have to be made by the policy makers in the (new) post election provincial and federal governments.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4/23/2008 04:20:00 PM,

Lahore School Fourth Annual Conference on Management of Pakistan Economy: Ensuring Stable And Inclusive Growth

he Fourth Annual Conference on Management of the Pakistan Economy is being held in Lahore School of Economics (Center for Research in Economics and Business) on 24-25 April, 2008. The focus of the fourth conference is on Ensuring Stable And Inclusive Growth. The underlying objective of the conference is to promote a dialogue/discussion on key economic management and strategic issues facing the country today, particularly with regards to decisions, both immediate and medium term, that will have to be made by policy makers in the new (post election) federal and provincial governments.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4/21/2008 04:00:00 PM,

Lahore School Sports Society Annual Dinner - 2008


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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4/21/2008 03:32:00 PM,

Lahore School Alumni Dinner 2008

Naila Hafeez and Tayyaba Kamal

Lahore School Alumni Dinner 2008 was held on Saturday April 12, 2008. The evening started with a welcome address by Professor Shoaib Hashmi and then Shumyla Chaudhry, the President of the Alumni Club, addressed the audience.

Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry, the Rector Lahore School welcomed the alumni and briefed them about the new developments and changes at the Lahore School. He encouraged the alumni to participate in the further growth of the University.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4/16/2008 01:04:00 PM,

Country Head Middle Markets ABN AMRO Bank Visit to Lahore School

Naila Hafeez

Haris Ahmad, Country Head Middle Markets ABN AMRO Bank gave a talk to the MBA and MSC Economics students on March 26, 2008. His interactive session gave an opportunity to students to talk about personal loans, investment banking, commercial banking and consumer banking. His talk highlighted the prospects of jobs in the banking sector in general and ABN AMRO Bank in particular. He also talked about mergers and acquisitions. The lecture was a part of the Distinguished Professional Lecture Series Program.

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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4/02/2008 03:37:00 PM,

Country Business Manager Water Nestle visit to Lahore School

Naila Hafeez Haseeb Aslam Country Business Manager Water Nestle gave a talk to the students of MBA {Marketing Strategy Course} on March 25, 2008. His interactive lecture was attended by a large number of students. He told the students that dairy business was one of the biggest in Pakistan as there was a huge opportunity in dairy. While talking about consistency to build any brand, he gave examples of other competitors as well. He also talked about everyday used liquid, juices, sugar free juices , yogurt , coffee and noodles.

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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4/02/2008 03:34:00 PM,

CEO, Atlas Honda Limited Visit to Lahore School

Naila Hafeez Saqib Shirazi CEO, Atlas Honda Limited addressed the MBA and MSC Economics students on March 24, 2008 in Lahore School of Economics. His talk was based on his own success story which he shared with the students at Lahore School. Lecture was followed by questions and answers session.

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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4/02/2008 03:30:00 PM,

ABN AMRO Bank Placement Team Visits Lahore School

Saman Khan

A team of 7 members from ABN AMRO Bank including Ali Kazmi, the Regional Corporate Head-Central, Syed Imam Bukhari, Coutry Head Branch Banking, Hafza Abbasi, Country HR Advisor-Consumer Banking, Waqas Khan, Country HR Advisor-Corporate and Services and HR Business Partners visited Lahore School of Economics on April 1, 2008 and gave a presentation on their Management Associate Programme and conducted an interactive session with the graduating MBA, BSc Hons and BBA Hons students of the Lahore School. The presentation was followed by an on campus test for their Management Associate Programme

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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4/02/2008 03:28:00 PM,

Lahore School at South Asian Economics Students’ Meet

Sohaib Shahid The South Asian Economics Students’ Meet (SAESM) 2008 was co-hosted by Ramjas College and Miranda House, two prestigious colleges of The Delhi University. Undergraduate students from over twenty different universities and colleges from all over South Asia attended this three day long meeting.

  The event this year unfolded in four categories; Paper presentations, IFMR’s Budding economist competition, The rappporteurship competition, and Google’s inter-country South Asian Quiz competition. The paper presentation had four themes under which two students from each country had to present a paper and deliberate through their writings. The budding economist competition comprised of four stages of rigorous economic testing. The rapporteurship competition tested the student’s ability to comprehend the session’s proceedings, and the inter-country economics quiz tested the students’ understanding of the economic challenges facing South Asia.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4/02/2008 12:35:00 PM,

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