An Oxford University Press Pakistan publication The Evolution of Development Policy: A Reinterpretation, written by Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, has won the Higher Education Commission Best Book Publication Award for 2012. The HEC, responsible for formulating the higher education policy of the country, confers the award each year on a publication for its originality; value to the academic community and policy makers; and contribution to further advancement of knowledge through the quality of empirical evidence and new insights provided by the book. The book maintains that some basic policy issues should be evaluated in the light of real-life experiences of successful developers. It argues that central development decisions about growth, equity, poverty reduction, human development and macroeconomic stability should be taken together in a holistic framework. Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi has been involved with policy-making both in Pakistan and Asia.
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