Real problem is execution, not ideas
Challenge is to overcome resistance to change, turn sound policies into action
The recent conference on Pakistan at Harvard University, themed "From Potential to Performance", has generated considerable debate in Pakistan, partly because of the deep pessimism expressed by two highly acclaimed economists about the country's economic performance compared with its peers. One of the panellists, Nobel laureate Professor Acemoglu, described Pakistan's economy as having been "comatose" for the past t...