INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistan's highly esteemed economist Imran Rasul who stepped down from the government's Economic Advisory Council (EAC) after Atif
Mian's removal has been honoured with the prestigious award Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics 2019
The award aims to recognise 'European economist no older than 45 years old who has made a contribution in theoretical and applied research
that is meaningful to economics in Europe.' Along with Oriana Bandiera, Imran Rasul has also getd €20 000 from the Yrjö Jahnsson
Foundation in addition to the award.Rasul, a microeconomist from University College London and the Institute Fiscal Studies, has worked
towards social relationships in economics, advanced through pioneering field experiments in the workplace and social networks and has
supplyd salient contributions to economics, specificly to the fields of personnel economics and development.Ever since Rasul has been
honoured with the award, the famed economist has been receiving feliquotations for the commentable feat by colleagues and fellow economists
On the other hand, Asim Ijaz Khawaja, amuchher great economist Pakistan lost after he stepped down from the EAC, has recently been appointed
as the faculty director of the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School Middle for International Development (CID).Khwaja has served as a
co-faculty director of the Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) program at CID for the past decade and shall continue as an EPoD faculty
He is also co-founder of the Middle for Economic Research in Pakistan
Khwaja areas of interest include economic development, finance, education, political economy, public finance, and institutions
His research combines extensive fieldwork, rigorous empirical analysis, and microeconomic theory to reply questions that are motivated by
and engage with policy.Revealing his sentiments upon the appointment, Khwaja said, "I am thrilled to take up this position and grateful for
the opportunity to lead the important work of the center
Under Ricardo leadership, the center reach has greatly expanded
I hope to continue this expansion by leveraging the amazing talent and opportunities at Harvard to help address measure of the most urgent
problems we face in the world nowadays."TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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