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Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi (born 11 July 1935) is a Pakistani economist and scholar.

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Early life and education

Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi was born in Meerut, British India on 11 July 1935. [1] He migrated to Karachi, Pakistan in 1950. [2]

He received his master's degree from Yale University in 1961 and his doctorate from Princeton University in 1966. He was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University from 1969–1970. [2] [3]

Career

Naqvi served as the director of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics from 1979 to 1995. He also served as a senior economic advisor for the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) and a Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Distinguished National Professor and director general at Federal Urdu University, Islamabad. [2]

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References

  1. Profile of Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi on Rekhta.org Retrieved 9 September 2020
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Profile of Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi on SAGE Publishing website Retrieved 9 September 2020
  3. "Evolution of Development Policy: A Reinterpretation (Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi)". Oxford University Press.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Books by Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi on Internet Archive Open Library website Retrieved 9 September 2020
  5. 1 2 3 4 Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi books on goodreads.com website Retrieved 9 September 2020
  6. Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi book review on Princeton University Library website Retrieved 9 September 2020