Interview: Syed Babar Ali, Founder, Packages, Ltd

Consortium for Development Policy Research (CDPR and International growth Centre (IGC) jointly organised a seminar with the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in partnership with State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), "Stimulating Firm Productivity for Growth", on 06 March 2018 at State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi.

Responding to requests by the Federal and Provincial Governments, CDPR members have been conducting research on ideas for growth focused on the themes of government capability, firms, cities and energy.

The seminar had sessions on Macro Environment for Firm Growth, Perspectives on Firms’ Activity, A Focus on Garments Manufacturing and CPEC: Challenges and Opportunities.


Babar Ali explains where Pakistani firms are lacking as compared to global counterparts.