Open AccessInaugural Address
Author(s) -
Mahmood A. Sheikh
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v46i4ipp.321-324
Subject(s) - per capita , population growth , natural resource , consumption (sociology) , population , theme (computing) , pleasure , development economics , natural (archaeology) , resource (disambiguation) , natural resource economics , economic growth , geography , economics , political science , sociology , social science , law , demography , psychology , computer network , archaeology , neuroscience , computer science , operating system
Distinguished Guests, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: Itgives me great pleasure to inaugurate the 23rd Annual General Meeting ofthe Pakistan Society of Development Economists. I am particularly happyat the choice of theme for this year’s conference i.e. “Environment andNatural Resource Management: Issues and Challenges”, as it shows thedeep concern of Pakistani economists that economic development andgrowth cannot go on indefinitely without limit and without regard to ourhabitat and environment. I will invite your attention to a few areaswhich are impacting Pakistani development strategies. Our planet justcannot sustain its present and future population numbers, if the currentglobal trends of consumption continue in the attitude of business asusual. We have witnessed the effect of this most acutely in the lastcouple of years, with major increases in prices of most foodcommodities, minerals and metals, and of course fossil fuels. Globally,the amount of land on which we grow our food has been shrinking everyyear, and has actually fallen to less than half of the hectares percapita used for grain production fifty years ago.