Annual Conference – Pakistan Society of Development Economists, Quetta

Annual Conference – Pakistan Society of Development Economists, Quetta

Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company participated in the 36th Annual conference organized by Pakistan Society of Development Economists – PSDE and Pakistan Institute of Development Economics along with industry opinion leaders. Mr. Yasir Ashfaq Chief Executive Officer PMIC was part the panel discussion on “Creating Good Jobs & entrepreneurs”.

Talking on employment generation in Pakistan, Yasir stated that MF sector provide and support millions of households that contributes towards self-employment, create entrepreneurs who create employments for millions of people at the bottom of the pyramid. He emphasized that large scale jobs cannot be created without a close collaboration between public and private sector.
Countries that have grown and developed in the last fifty years; governments identified sectors where they had some comparative advantage and then worked in developing supportive policies and ecosystems for the private sector to flourish.