Dr. Hafiz Pasha, #professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore (#BNU ) speaks with InferTalks host Usama Nizamani on the growing nature of severe economic challenges. Will #Pakistan muster the will and intend and unroll the measures to bring about economic discipline, or will it remain perennially evasive for Pakistan?
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Chapters
0:00 to 0:39 Highlights
0:40 to 1:12 Intro
1:13 to 05:33 What are some of the chronic problems of Pakistan’s economic crisis?
05:34 to 08:13 What did Bangladesh and India do to increase higher ratio of foreign investment to GDP?
08:14 to 10:37 Is there any way to woo the agricultural sector to wean away from sugar to cotton production?
10:38 to 12:41 As a policy maker, will you extend insurance policy to farmers to encourage the production of cotton crops?
12:42 to 16:04 Are lower tariffs contributing to Pakistan’s circular debt?
16:05 to 18:10 How urgent is the renegotiation of tariffs with the Independent Power Plants?
18:11 to 19:56 Can economists be empowered to insulate populist pressures from the ruling elite to encourage unpopular and serious economic governance?
19:57 to 21:27 What is state and elite capture?
21:28 to 22:01 How much is that in percentage?
22:02 to 22:40 How much tax do we earn from urban properties?
22:41 to 23:19 Did you have struggle trying to tax these two areas?
23:20 to 23:51 When did you introduce the defunct agricultural tax?
23:51 to 24:52 The size of the retail sector in Pakistan which remains untaxed?
24:53 to 25:09 Why is there a reluctance to three sectors in the tax net?
25:10 to 27:16 Why does Pakistan need to be told from the IMF, when it knows the problems and the prescription? Can we really afford to delay these measures anymore?
27:17 to 27:35 What portion of the budget are the interest payments on our debt?
27:36 to 28:03 That’s tragic
28:04 to 31:36 Can the governance machinery be converted into driver of economic growth for foreign investors?
31:37 to 33:37 How could illicit transactions be reduced from our regulatory framework?
33:38 to 35:28 What would you as a foreign investor look for in Pakistan?
35:29 to 37:48 What difficulties did you face as a minister?
37:49 to 40:28 What skillsets is the BNU offering to enable economists to solve future problems of Pakistan’s economy?
40:29 to 44:10 Will BNU shape attitude and skillsets in persuading and impressing upon the ruling elite to take unpopular economic decisions to bring about economic discipline?
44:11 to 46:33 What are some of the accomplishments achieved by the alumni of department of economics from the BNU?
46:34 to 47:21 Outro
29 июн 2024
