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Shahid Javed Burki ( ur, ) is a Pakistani-American professional economist who has served as Vice President of the
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and as de facto
Finance Minister of Pakistan The Minister of Finance of Pakistan (Urdu: 'Wazīr-ē-Khazana') is a leading cabinet member who heads the Ministry of Finance in the Government of Pakistan. The Minister is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's budget to ...
on a caretaker basis. He has written extensively on economic development and on the political history of Pakistan.


Early life and education

Born in
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, formerly known as Simla, in (then-British) India on 14 September 1938, Burki migrated as a child along with his family to
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
at the time of the
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of
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
in September 1947. They settled in
Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...
, where his father worked as an official in the
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headquarters. Burki is a cousin of the cricketer
Javed Burki Javed Burki ( ur, ; born 8 May 1938) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in 25 Test matches from 1960 to 1969 to eventually become an ICC match referee. Burki received his early education from Saint Mary's Academy at Rawalpindi. He a ...
. Burki was educated at Presentation Convent High School, Rawalpindi and St Mary's College, Rawalpindi. Upon graduation he moved to
Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
to study double majors in
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and Mathematics at
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. He received his MSc in Physics from the Punjab University in 1959. The following year he was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar from Pakistan and went to
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to study economics. He received his MA from
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in 1963 and then went to
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as a Mason Fellow for graduate studies in Economics and Public Administration. He holds dual Pakistani and US nationality.


Career at World Bank

Burki joined the World Bank in 1974 as a Senior Economist and went on to serve in several senior positions. He was the (first) Director of the China Department (1987–1994), making him responsible for managing the World Bank's dialogue with the Chinese authorities and supervising all of the Bank's analytical and lending work in China. He persuaded the World Bank's senior management, in the immediate aftermath of the Chinese authorities' repression of the
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, that the Bank should stay actively engaged with China, a stance challenged at the time by many of the Bank's most powerful shareholder countries. He served as the Regional Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean during 1994–1999. He took a leave of absence from the World Bank to serve in a caretaker role as Pakistan's de facto Finance Minister for 67 days in 1996–1997 (exercising the responsibilities of the Finance Minister without assuming the title). He retired from the World Bank in 1999.


Publications

Burki is the author or editor of several books on Pakistan, including: ''Pakistan Under Bhutto'' (1980, Macmillan); ''Pakistan under the Military: Eleven Years of
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'' (with Craig Baxter, 1991, Westview Press); ''Pakistan: Fifty Years of Nationhood'' (1999, Westview Press); ''A Historical Dictionary of Pakistan'' (1999, Scarecrow Press); and ''Changing Perceptions, Altered Reality: Pakistan's Economy under
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, 1999–2006'' (2007, Oxford University Press, Karachi). Other publications on development include: ''A Study of Chinese Communes'' (1969, Harvard University Press); ''First Things First'' (with Paul Streeten, 1981, Oxford University Press); and ''Transforming Socialist Economies: Lessons from Cuba and Beyond'' (edited, with Daniel P. Erikson, 2005, Palgrave Macmillan).


Other activities

In the past, Burki has written opinion pieces for a Pakistani newspaper (Dawn). He is currently a frequent contributor of opinion pieces to the Daily Times. Burki is the Chairman of The Shahid Javed Burki Institute of Public Policy at NetSol (BIPP) in
Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
,
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.


References

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