Full Name: Iram Anjum Khan

Date of Birth: 28th April, 1966

Sex: Male

Nationality: Pakistani

Married with two children, Kiran Ahmad Khan & Mahmood Ahmad Khan

Present Status: PhD student, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, Crawford House, Precinct Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9GH, United Kingdom.

Tel: +44 161 275 4800 (IDPM)

Fax: +44-870-127 2671

Fax: 001-413-683 5468

mailto: iramkhan@hotmail.com

home page: My World

supervisor: Paul Cook, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, Crawford House, Precinct Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9GH, United Kingdom

e-mail: paul.cook@man.ac.uk 

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Ph.D., Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UK (started, January 2000).

M.A. (Econ) in ‘Public Policy and Management’, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UK. (October 1998).

M.A. Economics, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Pakistan.(1997)

M.A. English Literature, Government College, Lahore. Pakistan (1987)

B.A. Government College, Lahore, Pakistan (1984)

F.A. Government College Boson Road, Multan. PAKISTAN (1982)

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Dean, Audit & Accounts Training Institute, Lahore. PAKISTAN (Sept. 1998 - Dec. 2000)

Director Finance, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore. PAKISTAN. (Sept. 1998 - Sept. 1998)

Deputy Director Audit, Pakistan Railways, Lahore. PAKISTAN. (August 1995 - July 1996)

Accounts Officer, Pakistan Railways, Lahore. PAKISTAN. (April, 1991 - August 1995)

Probationary officer, Audit & Accounts Training Institute, Lahore. PAKISTAN. (July 1990 - April 1991)

Probationary officer, Civil Services Academy, Walton, Lahore. PAKISTAN. (Nov. 1989 - July 1990)

Lecturer, Government College of Technology, Lahore. PAKISTAN. April 1988 - Nov. 1989

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Introduction to SPSS for Unix on MIMAS, University of Manchester, UK. (November 2000)

Management System & Method Course, Management Services Division, Government of Pakistan, Lahore. PAKISTAN. (November 1994)

Value for Money Audit, Performance Audit Wing, Auditor-General of Pakistan. Lahore. PAKISTAN. (Jan - Feb. 1993)

Performance Evaluation of Public Enterprises, Audit & Accounts Training Institute, Lahore. PAKISTAN. (Jan - Feb. 1993)

Specialised Training Programme (Accounts Group), Audit & Accounts Training Institute, Lahore. PAKISTAN. (Sept. 1990 - April 1991)

Common Training Programme, Civil Services Academy, Lahore. PAKISTAN. (Nov 1989 - July 1990)

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Academic Role of Honours  (1982)

Britannia Chevening Scholarship (1997)

Member: Board of Governors, Institute of Internal Auditors: Pakistan Chapter (1998-2000)

PIFRA Scholarship for PhD (2000)

PhD students' represntative from my department in the graduate school (2000-2001)

PhD students' representative in the University of Manchester Library Review Committee (2000-2001)

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• Manchester Business School Seminar "East Asian Crisis", July 1998 at Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK.

• Development Studies Association Annual Conference "Different Poverties, Different Policies", 10-12 September at University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Research Assignment with Paul Cook, IDPM, University of Manchester. (1998 & 2000)

Research Assistant: "What are the governance issues that arise in the health sector in response to decentralisation as part of reform in developing countries". A DFiD sponsored project with Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. (2000)

Supervision of Three MA (Econ) Dissertations:

Koe, Peter. - The scope for successful privatisation in Papua New Guinea. - Manchester : University of Manchester, 2001.

Ahsen, Mohammad. - Economic and social impact of privatisation in Pakistan. - Manchester : University of Manchester, 2001.

Jiamkasemnit, Pichate. -Paths towards sustainable development with particular references to China and Thailand - Manchester: University of Manchester, 2001.

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For abstracts of research please see, RESEARCH.

Civil Services Academy, Lahore

• Economic Growth and Poverty

• Women’s Changing Role in the Society - A Comparative Evaluation

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University of Manchester, UK

• Discuss the ways in which New Public Management Reforms seek to impost a particular view of the market?

• What determines government expenditure? What insights can this provide for the design of Structural Adjustment Programmes?

• The Argument put forward for privatisation have relied on the superiority of the private sector. Critically examine these arguments as they related to both public and private enterprises.

• Report to the Chief Executive, South Manchester University Hospital Trust (SMUTH) explaining general and specific financial problems and their causes facing the Trust, and evaluating proposals for concentrating activities at Wythenshawe, analysing its impact on savings, services, staff and infrastructure.

• Is there a universal model of Good Governance and should it be universally adopted?

• Do NGOs have a comparative advantage in terms of meeting the needs of the poorer people in developing countries?

• Review of the article “Malthus Controverted: The role of capital and technology in growth and environmental recovery in Kenya.”

• Discuss the relevance of the concept of “Tragedy of the Commons” to strategies of environmental management at local/international level, illustrating your answer with examples from the literature, wherever possible.

• Discuss the argument that the application of OD around the world is “cultural imperialism”.

• A critical review of Privatisation in Pakistan. (M.A. dissertation)

• Social Impact of Privatisation in Pakistan (PhD dissertation, underway)

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