Lahore School wins Pakistan Blog Award 2011
December 24, 2011
Lahore School of Economics blog wins Pakistan Blog Award 2011. The Awards were announced during grand and colorful Gala Night held on December 23, 2011 in Karachi and presented on January 12, 2012 by Mian Shahbaz Sharif, the Chief Minister Punjab in a special event held in Arfa Software Technology Park, Lahore.
Blogging, or ‘the new marketing and business communication tool’ as it is sometimes referred to, definitely seems to be the future of the Pakistan corporate world. Lahore School blog started in September 2004, when the word blog was not much known, and has come a long way. This blog has become a source of inspiration for large number of Lahore School students and faculty members to start their own blogs where they propagate their points of view, talk about topics of their choice and meet like-minded individuals or take an opportunity to explore subjects they are truly interested in.
On this occasion, I take the opportunity to call faculty, all young scholars and alumni of Lahore School to start their own blogs and join the ever expanding blogosphere.
Labels: Fine Art of Blogging
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12/24/2011 10:38:00 AM,
Graduate Study in the United Stated
December 19, 2011
Seemi Khosa, the Senior Advisor from The United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEF) gave a presentation to the Lahore School graduating BBA/BSC Hons on ‘Students on Graduate Study in the US’ on Friday, December 09, 2011. The presentation was followed by interactive questions and answers session with the students [Saman Khan].
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12/19/2011 04:04:00 PM,
Career Management
December 08, 2011
Adeel Anwar, Project Head of Human Resource Department at Metro Indonesia and Head of HR Development and Training at Metro Cash n Carry Pakistan gave a talk to the students of MBA and MSc (Economics) on Monday, November 28, 2011. His lecture covered questions like how does the Corporate Sector assess a fresh graduate, talent Management practices for entry level positions, job opportunities for fresh graduates in Pakistan, Fareast and Middle East.
Labels: Guest Speaker
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12/08/2011 11:15:00 AM,
Talent management
December 07, 2011
Naila Hafez
Tahir Javaid, the Vice President, Human Resources and Public Affairs at Engro Corporation Limited gave a talk to MBA students on Friday, December 02, 2011. As part of the senior leadership team, he is primarily responsible for talent management and leadership development. Tahir Jawaid threw light on the hiring process at Engro. He talked about the various businesses of the company. He said that Engro always wanted to attract top quality human resource.
Engro has been recruiting graduates through career fairs and graduate recruitment programs. Engro provides challenging learning environment, where fresh employees can work with top industry professionals. Tahir Jawaid also threw light on Engro internships. He said that Engro offered internships to students who were willing to learn and have the ability to execute tasks with maturity and responsibility.
Students asked many questions regarding the recruitment process at Engro and career development. Interactive session was attended by some faculty and staff members as well.
Labels: Guest Speaker
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12/07/2011 04:28:00 PM,
Anger Management Workshop
December 03, 2011
Lahore School Social Awareness Society (LS-SAS) arranged Anger Management Workshop on December 2, 2011 in Mahmood Chaudhry Library at the Main Campus. Omar Babar, an expert in personal development and character education was the guest speaker.
The Workshop highlighted different types of anger, such as “Positive Rage” or courage linking to one’s prestige, “Negative Rage” or the ego factor linking to external threats, along with causes and effective coping strategies for anger citing real life issues and examples from everyday life. Focus was on all aspects of anger management, with special emphasis on active, verbal and mental remedies. Omar Babar went on to discuss a mix of human nature and man-made social institutes and how our evolving lifestyles have contributed towards short temperament and violence over the past few years.
Most fruitful for the audience was Omer’s session where students gathered for one on one discussion of their ‘personal’ issues. Workshop imbued the audience with a sense of self-management and perseverance.
Earlier, Hiba Asad, the President and founder of LS-SAS introduced the Lahore School Social Awareness Society. "The Lahore School Social Awareness Society is a great opportunity for students to come together, share their visionary ideas, resolve major problems of our times to bring about progressive social change. LS-SAS has a strong base of members, who are well known for their depth and breadth of social work outside LSE. The Society is playing an important role in creating conducive environment by engaging the youth to resolve some of the most critical issues facing Pakistani society and the globalized world.
The Workshop that was attended by a large number of students and faculty concluded with interactive question and answer session, in which Omar Babar answered queries put forth by students.
Labels: Extra Curricular
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12/03/2011 12:27:00 PM,
Dr. Azam Chaudhry
December 01, 2011
Dr. Azam Chaudhry is Professor of Economics and the Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the Lahore School of Economics. He has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Economics from the London School of Economics (UK) where he specialized in Monetary Economics, Econometrics and Corporate Finance and a M.A. and PhD in Economics from Brown University (USA) where he specialized in theoretical and empirical macroeconomics.
He teaches undergraduate and graduate Econometrics and Macroeconomics at the Lahore School and his research interests include Innovation and Technological Change, Institutional Economics, Economic Growth and Development, Behavioral Economics, Economic and Social Networks, Political Economy and Industrial Organization.
His publications include:
• “Closed-form Solutions for the Lucas-Uzawa Growth Model with Logarithmic Utility Preferences via the Partial Hamiltonian Approach,” with R. Naz in Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series S, forthcoming.
• “Organizational Barriers to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan,” with David Atkin, Shamyla Chaudry, Amit K. Khandelwal and Eric Verhoogen in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017.
• “Comparison of Closed-Form Solutions for the Lucas-Uzawa Model via the Partial Hamiltonian Approach and the Classical Approach,” with R. Naz in Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, 2017.
• "Pakistan's Experience with the Pak-China Free Trade Agreement: Lessons for CPEC," with Theresa Chaudhry and Nida Jamil) in the Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 22 SE, 2017.
• “On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster,” with David Atkin, Shamyla Chaudry, Amit K. Khandelwal and Eric Verhoogen in the World Bank Economic Review, 2016.
• “A partial Lagrangian method for dynamical systems”, with R. Naz and F. M. Mahomed in Nonlinear Dynamics, 2016.
• Does genetic proximity to high growth countries affect a country's own growth? with Rabia Ikram in Economic Modelling, 2016.
• "A Panel Data Analysis of Electricity Demand in the Pakistani Industrial Sector,” in Energy Sources Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy, 2016.
• “Innovation in the Textiles Sector: A Firm-Level Analysis of Technological and Nontechnological Innovation,” with Waqar Wadho in the Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 21 SE, 2016.
• “Markup and Cost Dispersion across Firms: Direct Evidence from Producer Surveys in Pakistan,” with David Atkin, Shamyla Chaudry, Amit K. Khandelwal and Eric Verhoogen in the American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 2015.
• “The effects of external migration on enrolments, accumulated schooling and dropouts in Punjab,” with Rabia Arif in Applied Economics, 2015.
• “A Partial Hamiltonian Approach for Current Value Hamiltonian Systems,” with R. Naz and F. M. Mahomed in Communications in No Science and Numerical Simulation, 2015.
• “Beyond the Poverty Line: A Multi-dimensional Analysis of Poverty in Pakistan,” with Theresa Chaudhry, Muhammad Haseeb, and Uzma Afzal, in Rashid Amjad and Shahid Javed Burki (ed.) Pakistan: Moving the Economy Forward, Cambridge University Press, 2015 and earlier version of the chapter is available at: “Beyond the Poverty Line: A Multi-dimensional Analysis of Poverty in Pakistan ,” with Theresa Chaudhry, Muhammad Haseeb, and Uzma Afzal, in Rashid Amjad and Shahid Javed Burki (ed.) Pakistan: Moving the Economy Forward, Lahore School of Economics Press, 2013.
• Director, Technology Management and Innovation Centre, Lahore School of Economics.
• “The Need for a Coordinated Industrial Strategy to Boost Pakistani Exports: Lessons from Asia,” with Gul Andaman in the Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 19 SE, 2014.
• “Patronage in Rural Punjab: Evidence from a New Household Survey Dataset,” with Kate Vyborny in the Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 18 SE, 2013.
• "A structural V AR analysis of the impact of macroeconomic shocks on Pakistan's textile exports," in Economic Modelling, 2013.
• "The Political Economy of Income Comparisons and Economic Growth," in Economic Modelling, Vol. 31, 214-222, 20l3.
• “The Birth of Exporters: Entry and Scale of Firms in Punjab’s Export Sectors,” with Marjan Nasir and Maryiam Haroon, in the Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 17 SE, 2012.
• “Tariffs, Trade and Growth: Do Institutions Matter?” in the Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 16, 2, 2011.
• “A Panel Data Analysis of Electricity Demand in Pakistan,” in the Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition, Vol. 15 SE, 2010.
• “Total Factor Productivity Growth in Pakistan: An Analysis of the Agricultural and Manufacturing Sectors,” in the Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 14 SE, 2009.
• “The Effects of Rising Food and Fuel Costs on Poverty in Pakistan,” with Theresa Thompson Chaudhry in the Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 13 SE, 2008.
• “Do Governments Suppress Growth? Institutions, Rent-Seeking and Innovation Blocking in a Model of Schumpeterian Growth,” with Phillip Garner in Economics and Politics, 2007.
• “Political Competition Between Countries and Economic Growth,” with Phillip Garner in Review of Development Economics, 2006.
• “Corruption and Trade Liberalization: Has the World Bank Anti-Corruption Initiative Worked?” in the Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 10, 2, 2005.
• “Survey of IFC Firms on Local MBA Quality,” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Number 3182, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2004.
• “Does Institutional Quality Affect the Success of Privatization Policies in Developing Countries?” with Phillip Garner, Manuscript, Brigham Young University, 2003.
• “Procurement and the World Bank’s Anti-Corruption Initiatives,” Operations Evaluation Department Working Paper, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2000.
• “A Review of the Country Assistance Strategies and FY98 Lending for the World Bank’s Anti-Corruption Strategy,” Operations Evaluation Department Working Paper, World Bank, Washington D.C., 1998.
His current research includes:
• Measuring the Barriers to Industrial Upgrading using Evidence from Pakistan with David Atkin, MIT, Amit K. Khandelwal, Columbia Graduate School of Business and Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University.
• Measuring Innovation in the Textile Sector of Pakistan with Waqar Wadho, Lahore School of Economics.
• Benchmarking of Productivity in Pakistan’s Readymade Garment Sector with Theresa Chaudhry, Lahore School of Economics.
• Developing an Optimal Industrial Strategy in the Context of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with Theresa Chaudhry, Lahore School of Economics, Maryiam Haroon, Lahore School of Economics and Nida Jamil, Lahore School of Economics.
• Impact assessment of start-up loans to female run micro-enterprises with Farah Said, Lahore School of Economics, Naved Hamid, Lahore School of Economics, and Mahreen Mahmud, Oxford University.
• How Network Centrality Affects Electoral Politics in Pakistan with Mahnoor Asif, Lahore School of Economics.
• Measuring the effects of agglomeration on new firms in Punjab with Maryiam Haroon, Lahore School of Economics.
• Spillovers in technology adoption: evidence from a randomized experiment in Pakistan with David Atkin, MIT, Amit K. Khandelwal, Columbia Graduate School of Business and Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University.
• Patron-client relations in rural Punjab with Kate Vyborny, Duke University.
His recent research grants include:
August 2014
• International Growth Center (DFID) for Research on Measuring Innovation in the Textile Sector.
May 2014
• Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries (PEDL) for Research on Barriers to Industrial Upgrading.
September 2010
• Open Society Institute Grant for Social Choice and Network Assistance
Survey.
June 2011
• International Growth Center (DFID) Project Grant for Research on Technology Spillovers in Pakistani Manufacturing Sector.
August 2011
• British Academy Grant for Research on Patron Client Relations in Rural Punjab.
His other responsibilities include:
• Director, Technology Management and Innovation Centre, Lahore School of Economics.
• Head, Quality Assurance Cell, Lahore School of Economics.
• Editor, Lahore Journal of Economics.
• Member of the Senate, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Member of the Board, Punjab Innovation Development Fund, Government of the Punjab.
• Chair, Economic Cluster on SDGs, Government of the Punjab.
• Research Affiliate, International Growth Centre, DFID, UK.
• Research Supervisor (MPHIL and PhD)
Labels: Dr. Azam Chaudhry, Faculty
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12/01/2011 01:28:00 PM,
Lahore School Societies
November 29, 2011
Related: Welcome Class of 2015
Labels: Extra Curricular, Images
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/29/2011 09:23:00 AM,
Last day to vote for Lahore School blog
November 28, 2011
Lahore School of Economics blog has been nominated in annual Pakistan Blog Award 2011. Voting is on! Readers of Lahore School Blog to please vote here. You can rate the blog (golden little stars for rating and voting are under the top line). Better still, please comment and show your support for the leading education blog in Pakistan that is also one of the oldest in the country. It started in 2004 when the word blog was less known. It is Colors of Pakistan : Celebrating The New Media Spaces continuously ever since and has been a source of motivation for many young scholars of the Lahore School to start their own blogs. The voting is open throughout till December 5, 2011. Vote here. Comment here. Learn how to vote here.
Labels: Fine Art of Blogging
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/28/2011 09:28:00 AM,
Let us make a garden
November 26, 2011
The Lahore School Arts Society mural painting sessions are held in the Garden Café regularly on Wednesdays and Fridays. Based on the venue of the activity, the theme of these sessions this semester is ‘Let us make a garden.’ Students discuss their ideas with Shahid Mirza after which they start painting on canvases. The thematic murals will show case student artists’ expression of beauty, peace and tranquility.
Labels: Extra Curricular
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/26/2011 09:47:00 AM,
Short Story Writing Competition 2011
November 25, 2011
The Lahore School Society of Literature organized its First Inter-Institution Short Story Writing Competition 2011 which was divided in two sessions: the first session, the competition itself, took place on Nov 16, 2011 at the SBS library. Twenty-one participants from eight different institutions from Lahore took part in the competition. The participants were shown a set of three issues (Labor, Patriotism, women) based photographs. Each student could choose any one of the photos to draw inspiration from and write a short story of 1000-1200 words. The entries have been sent to a panel of external judges for deliberation [Ali Rizvi (Pakistan Today), Bilal Tanveer (LUMS) and Miranda Hussain (Newsweek)].
Labels: Extra Curricular, Lahore School, Literature
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/25/2011 03:37:00 PM,
Welcome Class of 2015
November 24, 2011
Lahore School of Economics welcomes Class of 2015.
Grand welcome party was held in lush green Shumaila Garden decorated with beautiful stalls by different societies in the Main Campus on November 24, 2011.
Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry, the Rector Lahore School of Economics welcomed the fresh students and gave an overview of the achievements of the School. The Lahore School of Economics - a distinguished seat of learning known for high quality teaching and research. The Lahore School of Economics or “The Lahore School” was established in 1993 and chartered by the Government of Punjab in January 1997, through the Lahore School of Economics Act 1997 (Provincial Assembly of the Punjab- Act II of 1997).
Most of the extra circular and co-academic activities in the School are conducted by the students themselves through different societies – Arts Society, Debating Society, Film and Media Club, Literature Society, Photography Society, Social Awareness Society, Sports Society and Welfare Society. All these societies were introduced to incoming class of 2015 who were dressed in black (boys) and red (girls) attires. Creative and very amusing announcements by Chishti and Aleeshay Khar and various performances by students of Lahore School also amused the audience that also included a large number of Alumni.
For new students, joining the Lahore School of Economics signals the moment of their initiation as students in an awesome environment. The Lahore School is a university that is proud of its students, faculty, green walkways, courtyards (and peacocks), libraries and computer laboratories. Creative and academic milieu in the Lahore School guarantees success - though certainly in part attributable to their hard work and intelligence. In fact, the Lahore School brings together inspired people who, together and individually, do remarkable things.
The School knows that students will embrace the good of this place. Starting right now, this place is yours. You are welcome!
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Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry, the Rector Lahore School of Economics welcomed the fresh students and gave an overview of the achievements of the School. The Lahore School of Economics - a distinguished seat of learning known for high quality teaching and research. The Lahore School of Economics or “The Lahore School” was established in 1993 and chartered by the Government of Punjab in January 1997, through the Lahore School of Economics Act 1997 (Provincial Assembly of the Punjab- Act II of 1997).
Labels: Extra Curricular, Lahore School
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/24/2011 11:29:00 AM,
Corporate culture
November 22, 2011
Adeel Ansari (Lahore School Alumni 2006), working as Senior Brand Manager at Henkel Dubai visited Lahore School on November 21, 2011 and gave a talk on business culture and employee expectations from fresh graduates. He also talked about business ethics and gave the students a briefing about how things happen in corporate world. Adeel Ansar also reminisced about his own time in the School and shared his experiences. The session was attended by students of MBA and MSc Economics.
[Tayyaba Kamal]
Labels: Alumni
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/22/2011 03:31:00 PM,
JSTOR at the Lahore School
November 17, 2011
JSTOR (Journal STORage) is a subscription service that maintains an electronic archive of important scholarly journals and provides access to these journals to its subscribers. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve issues of journals as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines from Business to Economy to Finance to Mathematics and much more.
Over 853 international institutions are subscribers to this archival service all over the world (outside USA). Lahore School of Economics is one of the only seven subscribers to JSTOR in Pakistan. It is freely available to students on all computers hooked up with both the network in the City as well as Main Campus. Qaisra Riaz says, “M Phil and Msc students make use of JSOR online resources for their projects and analysis.”
Labels: JSTOR, Publications, Research
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/17/2011 09:57:00 AM,
Financial System and Economics Development - Pakistan
November 15, 2011
A text book in two volumes published by Lahore School of Economics, 2012
This applied study in two volumes has been published for graduate level studies in banking, financial system and financial markets at academic institutions though it may also be helpful to professionals engaged in banking and financial markets in Pakistan. The primary objective of this text book is to enhance learning of what a financial system is, how it operates, and how these operations impact on the economy, and how this performance in Pakistan compares with performance in other countries. In parallel, how operations of financial system affects well being of various segments of society, though social dimensions of impact are not a part of analytical framework of financial system.
Volume I: Banking and Financial system
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Labels: Books, Publications
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/15/2011 09:11:00 AM,
Map to ground
November 14, 2011
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Labels: Lahore School, Map
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/14/2011 04:31:00 PM,
Call for Papers - LJB
November 12, 2011
Lahore Journal of Business (LJB), a peer reviewed biannual publication of the Lahore School of Economics, is aimed at providing a specialized forum for dissemination of qualitative and quantitative research in various areas of business administration.
LJB invites researchers, policy makers and analysts to submit competitive theoretical and empirical papers for its first issue that explore and contribute to the understanding of various areas in business domain. The Journal aims at bringing together state of art research findings in various business disciplines including (but not limited to) accounting, banking, management, marketing, finance, investments, human resource management and organizational behavior.
The submission of articles will be followed by an editorial review to determine the relevance of manuscript and scope of the Journal. On editorial acceptance, there will be a double-blind review by our advisory panel that comprise of eminent international and local researchers and scholars. The recommendations/comments of the referees will be communicated to the corresponding authors. The papers are now being considered for the first issue. The manuscript can be submitted in electronic format (.doc and .docx only) here.
The Lahore School of Economics also publishes “The Lahore Journal of Economics (LJE)” which is one of the top-ranked Social Science Journals in Pakistan, and has been given the highest ranking by the Higher Education Commission of the Government of Pakistan. LJE is listed on the Journal of Economics Literature (JEL), EBSCO, Library of Congress and Proquest. The issues of LJE can be accessed here
Labels: Lahore Journal of Business, Lahore School, Publications, Research
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/12/2011 08:49:00 AM,
How to look your best
November 05, 2011
Labels: Lahore School, Placement, Students
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/05/2011 11:24:00 AM,
Memorandum of Understanding between Lahore School and University of Peradeniya
November 04, 2011
Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan and University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka have agreed to establish long term cooperation in the areas of Faculty Exchange, Student Exchange and Joint Research. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Lahore School and University of Peradeniya on October 27, 2011 at Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. [Saman Khan]
Labels: Lahore School, Memorandum of Understanding, Students Exchange Program
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/04/2011 12:27:00 PM,
Dr. Mohammad Aslam
October 20, 2011
Dr. Mohammad Aslam is a Professor of Economics at the Lahore School of Economics. He retired as Chairman, Department of Economics, Government College University Lahore, where he was also Dean of Social Sciences. He also worked as a Senior Research Economist at the Punjab Economic Research Institute (PERI), Government of Punjab, Lahore. He also had the opportunity to work as research expert at Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Research Centre Istanbul, Turkey. Before joining the Lahore School, he worked as Chairman Economics Department, Forman Christian College, Lahore. He has a number of published books and research articles to his credit. He has also recently published a book entitled Pakistan Economy in Retrospect 1947-2010.
Labels: Faculty
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10/20/2011 11:39:00 AM,
Training workshop
September 30, 2011
Lahore School of Economics organized a training workshop to hone the interviewing skills and writing a powerful resume at main Campus on September 29, 2011. Ehsan Talat, the Brand Manager Nestle Everyday and Mustafa Sherdil, the Consumer Engagement Specialist, Phillip Morris International (Both Lahore School Alumni MBA - 2007) conducted the for the MBA class of 2012. Over 150 MBA and MSc Economics students attended the workshop. Both the speakers talked about the relevant areas of interest of students and jobs and also briefed the students on how to make a resume. The workshop was followed by questions and answers session.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9/30/2011 01:45:00 PM,
Dr. Naved Hamid
September 06, 2011
Dr. Naved Hamid is Director, Centre for Research in Economics and Business at the Lahore School of Economics. He has a BA (Hons.) in Economics from Cambridge University, UK, and a PhD in Economics from Stanford University, USA. Prior to joining the Lahore School of Economics, he was at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where he worked in various capacities, including ‘Acting Chief Economist for South Asia’ and Deputy Country Director and Team Leader for Pakistan. Before joining ADB he was Professor of Economics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
His publications include: ‘Rethinking Pakistan’s Development Strategy’, The Lahore Journal of Economics, 2008; ’South Asia: A Development Strategy for the Information Age’, in Report on the South Asia Department Economists' Annual Conference 2006, ADB 2007; Asian Cities in 21st Century: Contemporary Approaches to Municipal Management (5 Volumes), Lead Editor, ADB and ADBI, 1999 – 2001; ‘Economic Environment in Asia for Investment’, in Investing in Asia, Edited by C. P. Oman, D. H. Brooks and C. Foy, OECD Development Centre, 1997; The chapter on Industry and Trade in Foundations of Pakistan's Political Economy, edited by W. E. James and S. Roy, Sage Publications, 1992; The chapter on Pakistan (with A. Nasim and Ijaz Nabi) in The Political Economy of Agriculture Pricing Policy, (Volume 2), edited by Anne Kruger, Alberto Valdez, and Maurice Schiff, John Hopkins University Press, 1991; 'Private Finance Companies in LDCs: Lessons from an Experiment', (with I. Nabi) in World Development, 1989. He has also published several books: Joint author (with A. Nasim and I. Nabi) of 'Agrarian Economy of Pakistan' published by Oxford University Press, and co-editor (with P. Rana) of ‘From Centrally Planned to Market Economies: The Asian Approach’ (3 Volumes), also published by Oxford University Press.
Labels: Faculty
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9/06/2011 11:32:00 AM,
Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry
August 15, 2011
Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry is the Rector of Lahore School of Economics and also Professor of Economics. He has a B.A. from Punjab University, an M.A. (Cantab.) and a Ph.D. from McGill University. He was Lecturer in Economics at Punjab University from 1967 to 1969. He served in the Civil Service of Pakistan from 1969 to 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he was Visiting Professor of Economics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). Since 1985 he has been working on Public Sector Management Issues and is a member of several National Commissions on the subject. He was Deputy Chairman of the Pakistan Planning Commission from July 2000 to July 2003 and adviser on Finance, Economic Affairs, Planning, and Statistics during the caretaker government in April-June 2013.
His major publications include “Agricultural Taxation in Pakistan”, National Taxation Reform Commission, (1984); “Industrial Policies for Pakistan”, Asian Development Bank, (1985); “Fiscal and Budgetary Policies for Pakistan”, Asian Development Bank, (1985); “Trade Barriers to Pakistan’s Exports”, Asian Development Bank, (1986); “Forecasting Pakistan’s Worker Remittances”, International Labor Organization, (1986), “Defined Contribution Pension Plan for Pakistan”, Government of Pakistan, (1994); “Competition Policy and Democracy in Pakistan”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (1996); “Pakistan’s Experience in Employment Generation at the Micro and Macro Levels, and Future Directions”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (1997); “Punjab Fiscal Resources Study”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (1998); “Significance of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Sector in Pakistan and Assessment of its Employment Potential”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (1999); and “Improving the Efficiency of the Federal Government of Pakistan”, Government of Pakistan, (2001); “Ensuring Stable and Inclusive Growth in Pakistan”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (2008); “Pakistan: Indus Basin Water Strategy – Past, Present and Future”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (2010); and “Pakistan 2011: Policy Measures for the Economic Challenges Ahead”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (2011).
Labels: Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry, Faculty, Rector
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8/15/2011 11:24:00 AM,
Dr. Theresa Chaudhry
August 10, 2011
Dr. Theresa Thompson Chaudhry received a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and MA and PhD degrees in Economics from the University of Maryland – College Park. She joined the faculty of the Lahore School of Economics in 2005. Previously, she worked with the World Bank in Washington, DC. She teaches microeconomics in the B.Sc and MS/MPhil Economics programs. Her publications have appeared in the South Asia Economic Journal, Trimestre Economico, the Pakistan Development Review, and the Lahore Journal of Economics. She also serves as Editor (with Azam Chaudhry) of The Lahore Journal of Economics. Her areas of interest include economic development, applied microeconomics, industrial organization, and experimental economics. Her current research projects are: The economics of consanguineous marriage (with Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University) and Incentives and productivity in the Gujrat fan sector (with Chris Woodruff, University of Warwick).
Her personal website is: https://sites.google.com/site/theresachaudhry/
Related Profile here
Labels: Faculty
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8/10/2011 02:01:00 PM,
Lahore School wins KEMU debates 2011
August 04, 2011
Sidra Rana
Lahore School of Economics Debating Association won both top and runners up trophies at KEMU parliamentary debates 2011. After a initial round session of 20 teams, Lahore School A and Lahore School B teams broke to the next round, beating University College Lahore, Agha Khan University, FAST Lahore, GC University in finals. It was an all Lahore School of Economics final at KEMU. The final's topic was "This house believes that democracy has failed in Pakistan."
After a really sparked up match, Lahore School A team won and the motion stood at the end of the day. Zain Haider from Lahore School was announced the best speaker of the tournament. Lahore School A team comprised Ali Akbar Abbas Rizvi, Shahraiz Chishti, Wasae Imran, and B team was represented by Xenia, Zain haider and Hamza Ghaznavi.
Labels: Debates
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8/04/2011 12:22:00 PM,
Tapping the entrepreneurial spirit
August 03, 2011
Tapping the entrepreneurial spirit, shaping the world of 2050 with an Entrepreneurial Impact appeared in Profit, Pakistan Today, August 3, 2011 issue. Read here.
Labels: Business, Entrepreneurship
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8/03/2011 11:52:00 AM,
Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum Pakistan 2011 - Concluding Session
July 30, 2011
Labels: Entrepreneurship
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/30/2011 12:41:00 PM,
Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum Pakistan 2011 - Third Day
July 29, 2011
Labels: Entrepreneurship
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/29/2011 10:45:00 AM,
Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum Pakistan 2011 - Second Day
July 28, 2011
Labels: Entrepreneurship
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/28/2011 12:41:00 PM,
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