Ishrat husain is presently adviser to the prime minister on institutional reforms and austerity. During 2016–17, he was public policy fellow at the woodrow wilson center in washington dc. He has served as dean and director, institute of business administration (iba), karachi (2008–16); chairman, national commission for government reforms (2006–08); and governor, state bank of pakistan (1999–2005). Dr husain has also had a distinguished career at the world bank for over two decades (1979–1999). He has a master’s in development economics from williams college and a phd in economics from boston university. He is a graduate of the executive development programme jointly sponsored by harvard, stanford, and insead.dr husain has received the highest civilian awards, the nishan-e-pakistan (2016) and the hilal-e-imtiaz (2003). His other publications include governing the ungovernable (oup 2018), economic management in pakistan 1999–2002 (oup 2003), and pakistan: the economy of an elitist state (oup 1999).