Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi (11 July 1935 – 7 July 2024) was a Pakistani economist and scholar.

Early life and education

Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi was born in

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on 11 July 1935. He migrated to

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, Pakistan in 1950.Profile of Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi on SAGE Publishing website
Retrieved 9 September 2020 He received his master's degree from

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in 1961 and his doctorate from

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in 1966. He was a post-doctoral research fellow at

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from 1969–1970.

Career

Naqvi served as the director of the

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from 1979 to 1995. He also served as a senior economic advisor for the

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(NEPRA) and a

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Distinguished National Professor and director general at

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Death

Naqvi died on 7 July 2024, at the age of 88.

Awards

* ''

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'' (Star of Excellence) Award by the

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in 1991 * ECO Award for outstanding performance in the field of Economics (1992) * Lifetime Academic Achievement Award (2009) * Lifetime Award, Kanati Institute of Russia (2001–2012)

Selected publications

* Perspectives on Morality and Human Well-being, Leicester (UK): Islamic Foundation, 2003. * Development Economics: Nature and Significance. Sage Publications, New Delhi, US, London, 2002.Books by Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi on Internet Archive Open Library website
Retrieved 9 September 2020 * The Crisis of Development Planning in Pakistan: Which Way Now? Islamabad: Institute of Policy Studies. (March 2000). * External Shocks and Domestic Adjustment: Pakistan 's Case 1970-1990, Oxford University Press, 1997. * Islam, Economics, and Society . London: Kegan Paul International 1994.Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi book review on Princeton University Library website
Retrieved 9 September 2020 * Development Economics : A New Paradigm. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1993. * SAARC Link: An Econometric Approach. (Asian and Pacific Development Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) New Delhi: Oxford & IBH. 1992. * Macro-Economic Framework for the Eighth Five Year Plan; Islamabad: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 1992. * On Raising the Level of Economic and Social Well-Being of the People. Islamabad: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 1992. * Structure of Protection and Allocative Efficiency in Manufacturing. San Francisco International Center for Economic Growth, 1991 (with A.R.Kemal). * Structural Change in Pakistan's Agriculture. Islamabad Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. October, 1989 (with Mahmood Hasan Khan and Ghaffar Chaudhry). * Land Reforms in Pakistan: A Historical Perspective. Islamabad: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. November, 1987 (with Mahmood Hasan Khan and Ghaffar Chaudhry). * Preliminary Revised P.I.D.E. Macro-Econometric Model of Pakistan 's Economy . Islamabad: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 1986 (with Ashfaq H. Khan and Ather Maqsood Khan). * Ethics and Economics: An Islamic Synthesis. Published by the Islamic foundation, UK, 1981.Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi books on goodreads.com website
Retrieved 9 September 2020

References

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