LAHORE, May 15: The Lahore School of Economics will host its two-day eighth annual conference on management of the Pakistan economy from Wednesday (today), to start timely debate on important policy issues.

According to a press release, the focus of the conference will be ‘Towards Accelerated Economic Growth in Pakistan: Its Need and Feasibility’.

The discussion on “means and channels” through which accelerated growth can be sustained will include international competitiveness, regional trade relations as stimulus to economic growth, and promotion of investment activity and enterprise development.

The conference will encompass seven sessions with each session focusing on a major theme for accelerated economic growth.

The sessions on Wednesday (today) will focus on a heterodox strategy for stabilisation and economic growth; economic growth-employment- poverty nexus; international competitiveness for sustainable growth and international perspectives.

The areas to be covered in the sessions on the second day of the conference include Pakistan’s strategic importance and its trade relations; immediate constraints and longer-term triggers for economic growth; and making provincial devolution work. The conference will end with a panel discussion on the key conclusions from the conference.