Organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute and Beaconhouse National University with assistance from Innovative Development Strategies

The proceedings are available to download as a full document or by session.

• Full Proceedings
  Letter: (PDF 2.4M)

• Table of Contents and Foreword
  Letter: (PDF 149K)
  • Foreword: Joachim von Braun and Sartaj Aziz
• Executive Summary
  Letter: (PDF 166K)
  
  
• Inaugural Session
  Letter: (PDF 182K)
  • Welcome Remarks and Opening Remarks: Sohail J. Malik
  • Welcome and Opening Remarks: Isher Judge Ahluwalia
  • Welcome and Opening Remarks: Sartaj Aziz
  • Inaugural Address: Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan
• Session 1: Rising Poverty Trends: Causes and Remedies
  Letter: (PDF 440K)
  • Opening Remarks: Salman Shah
  • Opening Remarks: Mohamed Ait-Kadi
  • Paper: Syed Akmal Hussain
  • Comments: Regina Birner
  • Summary of General Discussion
  • Concluding Remarks: Salman Shah
• Session 2: Key Agricultural Policy Issues in Pakistan
  Letter: (PDF 652K)
  • Opening Remarks: Shah Mahmood Qureshi
  • Paper: Zafar Altaf
  • Comments: David Orden
  • Summary of General Discussion
• Session 3: Rural Industrialization: Obstacles and Prospects
  Letter: (PDF 702K)
  • Paper: Suleman Ghani
  • Comments: David Spielman
  • Summary of General Discussion
• Session 4: Pakistan's Prospects for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals on Poverty and Hunger
  Letter: (PDF 927K)
  • Opening Remarks: Sartaj Aziz
  • Paper: A.R. Kemal
  • Comments: Rajul Pandya-Lorch
  • Summary of General Discussion
  • Concluding Remarks: Sartaj Aziz
• Closing Session
  Letter: (PDF 160K)
  • Closing Remarks: Isher Ahluwalia
  • Closing Remarks: Ashok Gulati
  • Closing Remarks: Sartaj Aziz
• Workshop Program
  Letter: (PDF 101K)