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International conference on “Framework for Economic Growth, Pakistan”Malaysia we engaged the Chief Secretary,Chief Justice and judiciary to support theeconomic transformation reforms.***InterviewDr. Parvez TahirEx. Chief Economist, Planning Commission of PakistanQuestion: I invite some initial comments on the Framework for Economic Growth.amendment has devolved many powers andAnswer: Framework for Economic GrowthThis country is devolving as 18 thof the Planning Commission is very goodinitiative as people have started thinking,which is an important thing before anychange to take place. Areas identified arenot new as economists have alreadydiscussed these areas in the past. But thequestion is why didn’t it happen? CivilService Reform is an important area to talkabout in FEG. Civil Servants are of the viewresources to the provinces. The wish of theprovinces is to have autonomy which hasbeen fulfilled to a great extent, but provincesare refusing to devolve powers to the localgovernments. Local government systems areimportant everywhere. A centralized CivilService system is going along with localsystem reforms in Pakistan. There are samepeople managing central, provincial and alsothat they can do anything which is not a the local governments. Commissionarygood idea as nobody can do everything inthis world.system and 18 th century old Police Act 1861are back and we are talking about thereforms.Things don’t happen as political constituency for reforms is weak inour countryThings do not happen here as politicalconstituency for reforms is weak in ourcountry. We heard about Malaysia thatPrime Minister himself was involved in thereform process, but it is not the case withPakistan. For education I am of the firmview that unless we have good elementaryeducation system we would not be able tomove ahead. There should be qualityuniversities for higher education and poorshould be given scholarships. Public moneyshould be used for elementary education90
International conference on “Framework for Economic Growth, Pakistan”with a skill bias to make people ready forinnovation and do something good for thecountry. We need to convince politicalpersons and political parties to ask theireconomic committees to debate importantissues and tell everyone about this importantthing for the country. Political will andbuilding the economic capacity of thepolitical parties is very important forcountry’s growth.***InterviewDr. Mahbub HossainExecutive Director, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)Question: I invite your initial comments on the Framework for Economic Growth.Answer: Framework is good analytical workwith innovative ideas for moving forward.But real issue is of implementation. We haveseen many plans in the past but most of theplans remained in shelves because of theissues in implementation.The conference is very innovative to share the experience of othercountries. Pakistan can take benefit from the experience of othercountries to move forwardI think Planning Commission has done atedious and excellent work with new ideasand way forward for the growth. Theconference is very innovative to share theexperience of other countries. Pakistan cantake benefit from the experience of othercountries to move forward. But the real testwould be the real outcome and how the planis implemented.Question: According to you the main challenge is the implementation. Would you please specifysome more about implementation?Answer: In Pakistan the Civil Service is oneof the important actors in implementation.There are also many other actors in privatesector to be taken on board. How wemobilize society and involve marginalizedpeople at grass root level is the mainchallenge. Community mobilization andgood governance at local level is veryimportant for inclusive growth.Government needs to give space to otheractors of the society in the economy forinclusive growth. In Pakistan government iscontrolling infrastructure, information,91
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