About the author: William H. Overholt is a senior research fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and…
The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government is pleased to announce the 2023 winner of the .
Princeton University ID holders and invited guests. Livestream open to the public on MediaCentral. A conversation between Prof. Atif Mian, and Dr. Reza Baqir, former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan and Senior Fellow, Harvard University. Dr. Reza Baqir is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal and Global Practice Leader of A&M’s Sovereign Advisory Services in Dubai. Dr. Baqir brings more than 25 years of experience in global sovereign work. He has advised numerous countries’ governments and central banks to promote macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth and manage economic crises. Prior to joining A&M, Dr. Baqir was the Governor of Pakistan’s central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan. There he negotiated a new IMF program in June 2019, successfully completed six subsequent reviews, and led the country’s financial response during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Baqir’s other reforms include the liberalization of Pakistan’s foreign exchange market from a f