Ishrat Husain

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 vis mere 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). vis mindre