Pakistan's Institutions: We Know They Matter, But How Can They Work Better?
Pakistan’s public sector institutions suffer from many shortcomings, complicating efforts to craft and implement sustainable public policies and to resolve the country’s broader development and stability challenges. These institutional shortcomings also enable non-state actors and the military to step in and fill roles that civilian institutions are unwilling or unable to serve. At the same time, encouraging reforms and success stories are in place that highlight the possibilities for turning institutions around for the better. This conference examines Pakistan’s civilian institutions and the governance reform efforts that aim to strengthen them.
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Overview
Pakistan’s public sector institutions suffer from many shortcomings, complicating efforts to craft and implement sustainable public policies and to resolve the country’s broader development and stability challenges. These institutional shortcomings also enable non-state actors and the military to step in and fill roles that civilian institutions are unwilling or unable to serve. At the same time, encouraging reforms and success stories are in place that highlight the possibilities for turning institutions around for the better. This conference examines Pakistan’s civilian institutions and the governance reform efforts that aim to strengthen them.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.Ìý
This event has been made possible through the support of the Fellowship Fund for Pakistan.
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AGENDA
9:30ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýRegistration and coffee
9:45ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýWelcoming remarks
Michael Kugelman, deputy director and senior associate for South Asia, Asia Program
10:00ÌýÌýÌýOpening address
Ishrat Husain, Wilson Center public policy fellow
Why institutions matter and where reforms should start
°ä³ó²¹¾±°ù:ÌýWilliam Milam,Ìýsenior scholar, Asia Program
11:00Ìý ÌýMorning panel: Challenges and opportunities
ÌýMadiha Afzal, assistant professor of public policy, University of Maryland
Decentralization and service delivery institutions
Mehmood Mandviwalla, founding and senior partner, Mandviwalla and Zafar Associates
Governance—accountability, control, and transparency
Umar Saif, chairman, Punjab Information Technology Board
How technology is transforming governance in Pakistan
°ä³ó²¹¾±°ù:ÌýMichael Kugelman, deputy director and senior associate for South Asia, Asia Program
1:00 ÌýÌýÌýÌýLuncheon
1:30ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýLuncheon address
Mohammad Zubair, minister of state for privatization, government of Pakistan
The Pakistan Story
°ä³ó²¹¾±°ù:ÌýRobert Hathaway, public policy fellow and former director, Asia Program
2:30ÌýÌýÌýÌý Afternoon panel: Institutional case studies
Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, president, Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT)
State of Parliament and Parliamentary reforms in Pakistan
Waris Husain, adjunct professor and doctoral candidate, Howard University School of Law and Washington College of Law at American University
Judicial reforms and development in Pakistan
Asim Khwaja, Sumitomo-FASID Professor of International Finance and Development, the Kennedy School, Harvard University
Civil service reform in Pakistan
Hassan Abbas, professor and department chair, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University (Washington, DC)
Institutional case study of law enforcement in Pakistan
°ä³ó²¹¾±°ù:ÌýMichael Kugelman, deputy director and senior associate for South Asia, Asia Program
4:30ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýAdjournment
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The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region.Ìý Read more
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