Technology, Entrepreneurship and Productivity Growth – Where Pakistan stands and where it must go
March 30, 2016
The Lahore School of Economics is hosting its Twelfth International Annual Conference on Management of the Pakistan Economy at its Main Burki Campus on March 30-31, 2016. The theme of this Conference is “Technology, Entrepreneurship and Productivity Growth – Where Pakistan stands and where it must go” and the two-day event will be devoted to discussions on the challenges and constraints faced in accelerating technology and productivity growth in Pakistan.
The first day of the Conference started with welcoming remarks by Dr. Naved Hamid (Professor of Economics and Director, Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB), Lahore School of Economics). He remarked that the timing of this year’s Conference fit well with the need of the hour as all the issues the Conference aimed to address are very relevant to the issues confronted by Pakistan’s economy at present.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 3/30/2016 03:40:00 PM,
Productivity growth-technology-entrepreneurship nexus: Implications for Pakistan
March 26, 2016
Irfan ul Haque, South Centre, Geneva
The paper's starting point is that labour productivity growth does not receive the attention it merits in economic policymaking. Productivity growth is the foundation for rising living standards and a country’s ability to compete in the world market. It improves when producers’ seek to improve their production methods and the quality and range of products they produce. This entails a constant search for areas of improvement, tapping new technologies and finding innovative ways of producing and delivering the output to consumers. And that is what entrepreneurship is all about.
The paper will consist of three parts. The first part will seek to clarify the importance of productivity growth as a key objective of economic policy and show how productivity growth, technological advance and entrepreneurship are all inter-linked. The second part will discuss the empirical basis of this linkage. And the third part will discuss the need to reorient economic policy towards productivity growth, technological upgrading, and innovation.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 3/26/2016 01:45:00 PM,
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