Oral history interview with Sartaj Aziz, 2001
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- Name
- Aziz, Sartaj (Interviewee)
- Jolly, Richard (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Sartaj Aziz, 2001
- Abstract
- Early family life, including education and faith, partition of India, helping Pakistanis, early interest in helping humanity. College in Lahore and Harvard, misunderstanding of Muslims, economic development in Pakistan, late 1960s work with Ayub Khan, finances of Pakistan, and Pearson Commission, relationship between hunger, poverty, development, and aid, including World Food Conference. Criteria f or successful international conferences, experience as a leading food diplomat and in global food security, work with IFAD, early microlending experiences. 1976-79, president of Society for International Development, 1990s UN summit series. Officials of significance to UN system and relationship between academia and UN; efficiency and leadership. Pakistan's development and experiences as finances as finance minister. 1990s, especially rural development and women's initiatives. Future of UN ideas and policies, global cooperation
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- Economic development; Food security; Food supply; Poverty; Rural development--Pakistan; Women--Social conditions.--Pakistan; Aziz, Sartaj; United Nations Officials and employees; International Fund for Agricultural Development; Commission on International Development; Society for International Development; Pakistan. Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs; World Food Conference
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2001
- Note (Biographical)
- Finance Minister of Pakistan
- Note
- Interviewed by Richard Jolly on August 29 and August 30, 2001
- Note (Provenance)
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13683200
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-6xk3-kh23
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.