Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Sartaj Aziz, 2001.
Creator: | Aziz, Sartaj | Project: | United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP). (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 145 pages Sound recording 4 digital audio tapes | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteFinance Minister of Pakistan
Scope and ContentsEarly family life, including education and faith, partition of India, helping Pakistanis, early interest in helping humanity. College in Lahore and Harvard, misunderstanding of Muslims, economic development in Pakistan, late 1960s work with Ayub Khan, finances of Pakistan, and Pearson Commission, relationship between hunger, poverty, development, and aid, including World Food Conference. Criteria for successful international conferences, experience as a leading food diplomat and in global food security, work with IFAD, early microlending experiences. 1976-79, president of Society for International Development, 1990s UN summit series. Officials of significance to UN system and relationship between academia and UN; efficiency and leadership. Pakistan's development and experiences as finances as finance minister. 1990s, especially rural development and women's initiatives. Future of UN ideas and policies, global cooperation
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 2002
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