Asim Ijaz Khwaja, one of the world's leading Economist comes on the podcast to discuss the state of the Pakistani Economy and talk about Micro Economic Solutions. On this deep dive podcast we discuss Economics, Tax Collection, Education, Economic Research, Bureaucracy and the Pakistani state.
Is the current Economic crisis unprecedented?
How to empower the Pakistani people?
Can removing frictions improve the Pakistani Economy?
FInd out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience.
Asim Ijaz Khwaja is a Pakistani-American economist who serves as Sumitomo-FASID Professor of International Finance and Development at Harvard Kennedy School, and director of Center for International Development at Harvard University since July 1, 2019.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:30 How bad is the Pakistani Economy?
12:00 Understanding frictions in Education
24:00 Empowering the Pakistani people
37:30 The Political Economy
53:30 Lack of Information
1:01:30 Tax Collection and the role of the State
1:20:00 The human element in the Pakistani Bureaucracy
1:28:30 Performance based incentives
1:33:00 State vs Private Enterprises and the role of the NGOs
1:44:30 Audience Questions
1 июл 2024
