Dr. Theresa Thompson Chaudhry (Professor, Lahore School of Economics; Research Affiliate, International Growth Centre; Co-Director; Lahore School of Economics Innovation and Technology Center) on firms and exports in Pakistan. Her talk was focused on export growth driven by productivity gains at the firm level which can be made possible through innovation. Dr T. Chaudhry also highlighted that while exports may have increased by 20% over the last year, the long run growth in exports has been exceptionally low despite repeated depreciations and Pakistan continues to rely on labor remittances to keep the external economy afloat. Session on education, chaired by Dr. David K. Evans (Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School).
