Think Tanks Based in Pakistan - Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (Paperback)

Chapters: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) was established at Karachi in 1957 and in 1964 accorded the status of an autonomous research organization by the Government of Pakistan. It is devoted to theoretical and empirical research in Development Economics in general and on Pakistan-related economic issues in particular. In addition to providing a firm academic basis to economic policy-making, its research also provides a window through which the outside world can view the nature and direction of economic research in Pakistan. Other social sciences, such as demography and anthropology and interdisciplinary studies increasingly define the widening scope of research that must be undertaken for proper economic policy and development to have sound underpinnings. Over the past 50 years PIDE has earned an international reputation and recognition for its research. PIDE's faculty is rich and our advisory committee consists of world renowned economists such as Nobel Laureate Robert A. Mundell. The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) was established in 1957 in Karachi as an autonomous organisation to conduct research on national and international problems of economic development. The Institute was headed by well-known American and Canadian economists, Professor Emile Despres and Professor Irving Brecher, with Dr Gustav Ranis, Dr Henry J. Bruton, Dr Richard C. Porter, Dr Karol J. Krotki, and Dr C. Beringer as research advisers. The Institute was officially given the status of an autonomous research organisation by the Government of Pakistan in 1964, and it was renamed as the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE). During the same year...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=477755