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Biography of Mahbub ul - Economist
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Mahbub ul Haq (February 22, 1934 - July 16, 1998) was an influential Pakistani Economics|economist. One of the founders of human development theory (and a personal friend of Amartya Sen, whom he met while studying at University of Cambridge|Cambridge), he created the Human Development Index, used since 1993 by the United Nations Development Programme in its annual report. He also served as the World Bank's director of policy planning (1970-1982) and headed Ministry of Finance of the Government of Pakistan|Pakistan's Finance Ministry as its Finance Minister of Pakistan|minister of finance and planning (1982-1984). Mr. Haq founded Human Development Centre, Pakistan in 1996. ==Selected works== *The Strategy of Economic Planning (1963) *The Poverty Curtain (1976) *Reflections on Human Development (1995). == External links == * http://www.un.org.pk/hdc/ Dr. Mahbub-ul-Haq page on United Nation's Pakistan site - Contains a tribute, his speeches and the Human Development Review Journal Pakistan-stub
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