Copy of From Surviving to Thriving: A New Vision for Global Development - Professor Asim Ijaz Khwaja

Join the Oxford Pakistan Programme for the Allama Iqbal Lecture 2025, streaming live on 24th November.
Professor Asim Ijaz Khwaja will present a powerful new vision for global development—moving beyond traditional poverty-focused approaches toward maximizing each individual’s innate potential. In collaboration with colleagues at the Harvard Center for International Development, he reimagines development as a co-investment in people, aiming to create a thriving world for all rather than a surviving world for some. His talk will explore how unlocking human potential can generate trillions in global GDP growth and build more inclusive, sustainable societies.

The Dadabhoy Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Karachi that seeks to promote the educational, cultural,
and scientific development of Pakistani society. The Sir Muhammad Iqbal Lecture is supported by the Dadabhoy
Foundation whose Board of Trustees includes Mr Abdul Ghani Dadabhoy, an Oxford alumnus.

The Oxford Pakistan Programme (OPP) is an initiative led by Oxford alumni and academics that seeks to generate new
opportunities for Pakistani-origin scholars at the University of Oxford, promote academic exchange between Oxford and
Pakistan’s institutions of higher learning and broaden academic conversations on Pakistan at Oxford.

Date: Monday, 24 November 2025

Time: 5:00 PM GMT / 10:00 PM PST

Location: Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

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