The enduring bond.

Interview with Dr. Ayub Mehar - an eminent economist

PAGE: Tell me something about yourself, please:

Dr Ayub Mehar: Currently, I am serving as a professor at Iqra University Karachi and also associated as an economic Advisor' with the Employers' Federation of Pakistan. I have been serving as 'Economic Advisor' of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) Chamber of Commerce for 3 years and also 'Director General' in the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) for 7 years.

I have completed and worked on various research assignments for Asian Development Bank Institute Tokyo, including 'Covid-19, digital transactions, and economic activities: The puzzling nexus of wealth enhancement, trade, and financial technology', jointly published by the University of Cambridge (Judge Business School) and Asian Development Bank, 'Measuring impacts and financing infrastructure development', 'Economic integration among CAREC member countries', and 'Environmental, social, and governance investment: Opportunities and risks for Asia'. Development Financing, Macroeconomic Policies, International Trade, and Finance are areas of my interest.

I have completed several policy research studies on strategic issues including, 'Bridge financing and fiscal policies during Covid-19 pandemic crisis', 'Ineffectiveness of ESG policies and incentives: Impact of GSP plus on central and South Asian countries', 'Infrastructure development and public private partnership: Measuring impacts of fiscal policy in Pakistan', 'Economic integration in CAREC member countries: Financing economic corridors and sovereign bonds market', 'Infrastructure development by liberalising economic policies: The straight path of economic prosperity', 'Financial cooperation in South Asia: Recent development and challenges', and 'FDI, infrastructure development and CPEC: Is there a connection?' for various national and international institutions including World Bank, Asian Development Bank Institute, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (Fur Die Freiheit), SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and ECO Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Technology Policy and Assessment Centre at Georgia Institute of Technology acknowledged my membership in the distinguished panel of international experts for Indicators of Technology-based Competitiveness, which is a project of the US National Science Foundation, United States Government.

I am also an alumnus of the IAL Gummerbach Germany, where I got...