Nadeem Haque

Pakistan

Director SIA. Formerly VC PIDE+ Deputy Chairman Planning Commission IMF. Designed/created RASTA social science research funding network. Researcher author

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Articles

Who runs the Global South?

5 days ago | thenews.com.pk | Nadeem Haque

Global bureaucracies, shrinking sovereignty and the future of the Global South: As the Bretton Woods system celebrates its 80th anniversary, the architecture of international development stands bloated and overstretched. Institutions once built to provide financial stabilisation and project finance – the IMF, World Bank, IFC and UNDP – have quietly transformed into sprawling bureaucracies intervening in governance, climate, social protection, urban planning and even private sector management.
Currency chaos in Pakistan: crises by design

1 week ago | brecorder.com | Nadeem Haque

If currency crises were rare catastrophes, one might chalk them up to bad luck. But in Pakistan’s case, they’ve become disturbingly a routine. In a research paper I and Hafsa Hina examined six major currency collapses from 1982 to 2022, to show that the results are damning: each was a predictable outcome of policy failure, macroeconomic mismanagement, and deliberate denial of structural reforms. The data speaks clearly.
Currency chaos in Pakistan: crises by design

1 week ago | brecorder.com | Nadeem Haque

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Sanctity of statistics

2 weeks ago | thenews.com.pk | Nadeem Haque |Yasir Khan

GDP estimates are more than numbers; they shape fiscal policy, investor sentiment and IMF assessments. In Pakistan, the National Accounts Committee (NAC) is tasked with accurately reflecting economic activity. Yet, its FY2024–25 figures – 2.68 per cent real GDP growth and $411 billion nominal GDP – raise serious concerns amid sectoral contractions in crops, manufacturing and mining.
NON-FICTION: BEYOND ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Mar 29, 2025 | dawn.com | Nadeem Haque |Zakir Kibria |Muhammad Amir Rana |Abbas Nasir

Development Challenges of PakistanBy Jamil NasirPalgrave MacmillanISBN: 978-9819730636618pp. Every few years, a Pakistani academic writes a book on the economics of Pakistan, only to find that there is no audience for such endeavours. But rare people like Jamil Nasir continue their mission to inform in the hope that there would be a demand for economic research and thought in Pakistan.
Inconsistencies and disconnects

Oct 23, 2024 | dawn.com | Nadeem Haque |Shahid Kardar

THERE are contradictions in the policies being pushed by the IMF in the latest programme. While it played a crucial role in liberalising the economies of the communist bloc, it now appears to support heavy-handed regulation and price controls in a developing country like Pakistan. Such inconsistencies raise questions about the adaptability and relevance of IMF programmes in different contexts. In our case, the domestic market continues to influence the pace, pattern and level of growth.
IMF misses the mark yet again

Oct 17, 2024 | dawn.com | Nadeem Haque |Shahid Kardar

THE 24th IMF programme has been approved by the Fund’s Board. As per the Fund’s traditional approach, the programme is grounded in a basic accounting and meaningless framework that relies on a cash-based system to achieve a magical number for primary surplus (or deficit), all the while ignoring the structural problems of the country. At best, lip service is paid to reforms. Despite all the celebrations, let us not forget that we are in a low-investment, low-growth, and low-export trap.
Linchpin reform

Aug 30, 2024 | thenews.com.pk | Nadeem Haque

In most conferences, there is a chorus on key concerns such as human capital, water, sanitation, and energy. Despite significant investments and long-standing efforts in these areas, progress remains alarmingly limited. While the development world is involved in thinking that development happens in sectors and investment and efforts need to be made in these key sectors, research has shown that the economy is a complex system beyond sectors.