Open AccessSome Comments on "Planning Experience in Pakistan"
Author(s) -
Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi
Publication year - 1968
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/v8i3pp.399-409
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , principal (computer security) , space (punctuation) , mill , agriculture , political science , sociology , economic growth , operations research , economics , computer science , history , engineering , artificial intelligence , archaeology , operating system
Dr. Huda's conference address on "Planning Experience inPakistan" is both useful and refreshing. He reviews, in the brief spaceof twenty pages, the principal economic problems and policy issuesfacing Pakistan at this crucial stage of its development. His approachis extensive rather than intensive, i.e., he treats a wide variety ofissues none of which is subjected to a deep conclusive analysis. Thisapproach has merits particularly when the objective of the author is topose problems in a thought-provoking manner, "without trying to findanswers" [4, para 63]. And there can be no doubt that his addresscontributes no end of grist to the economist's mill. He has stimulatedthought. Because of the restriction of space, I have selected fordiscussion only three of the many issues raised in Dr. Huda's Address:a) the "overall" Strategy of economic development in Pakistan, b)Pakistan's agricultural policy, and c) Pakistan's industrialpolicy.