Pakistan: The Emerging Political Economy Scenario by Mr Haroon Sharif, Advisor to the World Bank Office
An invite you to a talk on Pakistan: The Emerging Political Economy Scenario by Mr Haroon Sharif, Advisor to the World Bank Office in Islamabad on South Asian Regional Cooperation on Wednesday, 1st May 2013 at 3.00 p.m. at Conference Hall of the Centre.
Brief Bio
Haroon Sharif works as Advisor to the World Bank on Regional Economic Cooperation in South Asia. He is based in Islamabad.
Prior
to this, Haroon has been working for the UK’s Department for
International Development (DFID) for past ten years. In his last
assignment as the Head of Economic Growth Group, he was managing £500mn
portfolio focused on economic growth, financial sector development and
job creation. He has also been leading the policy dialogue with major
political parties, think tanks and private investors in the region.
While working in Asia, USA, Europe and the Pacific, he brings over
twenty years of policy level experience in the areas of economic
growth, financial sector development, institutional reforms and private
investments. Haroon also worked as the Executive Director of the
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and as the CEO of a
financial institution.
Haroon
served as a member of the Executive Board of the Washington based
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and the Chair of the
General Council of the Financial Sector Reforms and Strengthening
(FIRST) initiative housed at the World Bank. As a member of various
high level task forces, he has been providing advice on development
policies to the highest political offices in the UK, Middle East and
Pakistan, G-20 Task Force on Financial Inclusion, Islamic Development
Bank, Planning Commission of Pakistan and the State Bank of Pakistan.
Haroon
holds postgraduate qualifications in international business, Economics
and International Development from the University of Hawaii and London
School of Economics and Political Science. He has lectured and
published articles at both local and international forums, and has won
several prestigious fellowships and awards. He is frequently invited as
an economic policy commentator on international and local TV channels.
In the recent years, his political economy insights and scenarios for
economic growth in Pakistan caught particular attention of the
international development agencies and think tanks.
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The seminar will be chaired by Dr Rajiv Kumar, Senior Fellow, CPR.
A line of confirmation will be greatly appreciated
With regards,
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
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