COMSTECH –Webinar ‘Why GDP is the world’s most powerful formula and why it must now change’
Delivered by: Mr. Ehsan Masood
Senior Editor, Journal Nature & Knight Science Journalism Fellow
Date: 23rd January 2025
Time: 03:00 – Pakistan Standard Time
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Abstract:
GDP or Gross Domestic Product is regarded as a nation’s main economic health-check. It is also an influential ranking of prosperity. Every quarter, the announcement is keenly watched by governments, financial markets and media. But GDP is also an unforgiving metric, and is not helpful for low and middle income countries. It rewards environmental degradation, prevents countries from spending on important policy priorities, and is associated with widening inequality. In this talk, science writer Ehsan Masood will describe how GDP became what he calls the ‘world’s most powerful formula’ and why it needs to be reformed.
Target Audience:
The webinar is open to students, researchers, young scientists, and academicians from the OIC member states and other countries.
Profile of the Speaker:
Ehsan Masood is a science journalist and the author of GDP: The World’s Most Powerful Formula and Why it Must Now Change (Icon Books, 2021).Heis a senior editor at the journal Nature where he has responsibility for the journal’s editorials and coverage of science news from countries in Africa and the Middle East. Ehsan was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and previously taught international science and innovation policy at Imperial College London from 2007 to 2017. His other books, include Science and Islam: A History.
Program:
03:00 – 03:02 PM – Welcome of Speakers and Participants
03:02 – 03:07 – Welcome Remarks and Introduction of speaker by H.E. Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Coordinator General COMSTECH
03:07 – 03:40 – Lecture of Invited Speaker, Mr. Ehsan Masood, Senior Editor, Journal Nature & Knight Science Journalism Fellow
03:40 – 03:47 – Q/ Ans Session
03:47 – 03:53 – Introduction and Overview of COMSTECH work on Science Communication and Diplomacy
03:53 – 04:00 – Closing Remarks of H.E. Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Coordinator General COMSTECH
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