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Opportunity to Excel: Now and the Future (Presidential Address)

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  • Nadeem Ul Haque

    (Vice Chancellor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.)

  • Durr-e-Nayab

    (Joint Director, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.)

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Availability of opportunities implies that people have a range of life options, specifically economic, to pick from, and have a realistic chance to adopt what they want to do and succeed in it. For Pakistan, where nearly sixty percent of the population is aged under 30 years, opportunities become even more significant. The fact that we live in a world where technology is changing the way things are done at an unprecedented pace makes it very easy for those not keeping up to be left far behind, without opportunities. Is Pakistan offering such opportunities to its people to take up and excel? Is the country doing what needs to be done for its population to excel in the future?

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  • Nadeem Ul Haque & Durr-e-Nayab, 2022. "Opportunity to Excel: Now and the Future (Presidential Address)," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 61(1), pages 105-137.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:61:y:2022:i:1:p:105-137
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