Mahbub ul haq biography of albert

Pakistani economist (1934–1998)

For other uses, see Mahbubul Haq.

Mahbub ul-Haq (Urdu: محبوب الحق; (1934-02-24)24 February 1934  – (1998-07-16)16 July 1998) was a Pakistani economist, international development theorist, and politician who served as the minister of Finance from 10 April 1985 to 28 January 1986, and again from June to December 1988 as a caretaker.

Mahbub ul haq biography of albert

Regarded as one of the greatest economists of his time, Haq devised the Human Development Index, widely used to gauge the development of nations.^[1]

After graduating with a degree in economics from the Government College University in Lahore, he won a scholarship to the University of Cambridge in England, where he obtained a second higher degree in the same field.

He later received his PhD from Yale University in the United States and conducted postdoctoral research at the Harvard Kennedy School. Haq returned to Pakistan to serve as the chief economist of the Planning Commissio