About the Author

Dr Ishrat Husain is currently Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Institutional Reforms and Austerity. A former governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, he has served as Dean and Director of the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (2008–16). He had a distinguished career at the World Bank for two decades (1979–99), and was a member of the Mahathir Commission that developed Vision 2020 for the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). Husain is currently a member of the Middle East Advisory Group of the IMF; member, President Advisory Council of the IDB; Convener, Economic Advisory Council, Ministry of Finance; and Member, Advisory Council to the Minister for Planning, Development, and Reforms. A graduate of the Executive Development Program—jointly sponsored by Harvard, Stanford, and INSEAD—Husain was also Chairman, World Economic Forum Global Advisory Council on Pakistan (2014). Dr Husain has been conferred the Hilal-e-Imtiaz award (2003) and the highest civilian award, the Nishan-e-Pakistan (2016). His other publications include Pakistan: The Economy of an Elitist State and Economic Management in Pakistan, 1999–2002 (OUP).

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