Writing about the tragedy he survived three years ago helps a development banker come to terms with his conflicting feelings of guilt, relief, and wonder, as he explains in a recent keynote address at the Pakistan Literature Festival in London
There has been serious fallacy about the two most talked about concepts in recent times – “default” and “restructuring”. Debt reprofiling could perhaps be a silver-lining to put our house in order
In the previous article, we had focused on the fiscal policy challenges and how it was driving the current economic crisis. In today’s article, we argue for finding evidence based solutions to tackle our financial challenges and devising a home grown roadmap for equitable prosperity.
The economic challenges facing Pakistan today are daunting and the roadmap for enhancing wealth and prosperity for the 230+ million citizens needs to be fostered. While the resumption of the IMF program is critical for addressing our immediate financial needs, their standard prescriptions may only address our short-term challenges.
On the 14th of March 2023, InfraZamin Pakistan hosted the country’s first-ever summit on infrastructure titled “Building for Impact” in Karachi, featuring international speakers and representatives from numerous public and private institutions. A key area of focus of the conference was to explore the most viable avenues of financing that are required for infrastructure projects in Pakistan.
PDF Out of the Box — Volume IIZafar Masud Volume 2 of the Portfolio of selected write-ups, presentations and speeches. Download ...
The Global Economy is transitioning to a new multipolar world order, the most significant shift in the global balance of power since the second world war. The Russia–Ukraine war has accelerated this transition that was already underway with the BRIC (B ...
Pakistan faces a significant challenge to finance its large trade deficits and external debt repayments. This is reflected in the sharp drawdown of the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) foreign currency reserves in the last one year, from a peak of $ 20 billio ...
The launch ceremony of the report entitled ‘Pathways to a sustainable blue economy: role of financial institutions’ organised jointly by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and the Bank of Punjab (BoP) was held at a hotel in Islamabad.A ro ...
Pakistan is in the midst of perhaps the worst ‘natural’ disaster. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), over 1,000 people are dead, more than 30 million people are displaced and nearly a million homes have been partially or compl ...
