Date: August 2007
NAME:  Ghazanfar, Shaikh M.

RANK OR TITLE:  Professor of Economics (Emeritus, June 2002)

DEPARTMENT: Economics

OFFICE LOCATION:   Albertson Building 219

OFFICE PHONE:  208-885-6296/208-885-7144;
HOME PHONE 208-882-7619

FAX # 208-885-5347 
E-mail: ghazi@uidaho.edu

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:  April 1, 1937; British India

DATE OF FIRST EMPLOYMENT AT UI:  1968

DATE OF TENURE:  1973

DATE OF PRESENT RANK OR TITLE:  1977 

EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL:

 Ph.D. Economics, 1969, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
     Dissertation:  Impact of Retail Sales Taxation:  By Age Groups, Family Size,  and Income Classes
 Graduate work in Economics, 1964-1965, Brown University, Providence,   Rhode Island
 M.A. Economics, 1964, Washington State University, Pullman Washington
    Thesis:  Financing Investment in Pakistan's Economic Development
 B.A. (Honors) Business Administration, 1962, Washington State University

EXPERIENCE:

In Educational Institutions Since Bachelor's Degree:

 Teaching and Research:

  2006-07, Adjunct Professor of Economics (emeritus)
  2005-06, Adjunct Professor of Economics (emeritus)
  2002-03, Adjunct Professor of Economics (emeritus)

  2002-present, Professor of Economics (Emeritus)
  1977-2002, Professor of Economics, University of Idaho
  1989-93, Coordinator of International Studies Program (in addition to Professor of Economics)
  1983-86, Visiting Professor of Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (sabbatical leave, 1993-84; leave of absence, 1984-86)
  1977-83, Professor of Economics, University of Idaho
  1974-1975 (spring), Visiting Lecturer (part time), University of Maryland, College Park and Baltimore County campuses (sabbatical leave)
  1974-1975 (fall), Visiting Professor, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (sabbatical leave)
  1972-1977, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Idaho 
  1968-1972, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Idaho

  1967-1968, Instructor of Economics, Washington State University
  1965-1967, Teaching Assistant, Washington State University
  1964, Jr. Research Economist, Bureau of Business and Economics, Washington State University
  1962-1964, Research Assistant, Washington State University

  Teaching Areas:
   Principles (Micro and Macro; including Honors sections)
   Intermediate Micro
   Intermediate Macro
   Macroeconomics (Graduate level)
   Business and Economic Statistics
   Money and Banking
   Public Finance
   State-Local Government Finance
   Economic Development
   Engineering Economics

  Served on 25+ master's thesis committees, as chair and member
  Served as member on 8+doctoral committees (other disciplines); continuing.

 Administration:
  June 1993-May 2001, Head, Department of Economics
  Spring 1989-Summer 1993, Coordinator/Director, International Studies Program
  August 1979-1981, Head, Department of Economics

 Major Committee Assignments:

  University Committees:
       Committee for Fulbright Application for Islamic Scholar, 2006-07
       Past:    Graduate Council (1970-72)

       Faculty Council (1972-74)
       University Curriculum Committee (2 years)
       Academic Hearing Board (one year)
       Business Dean Search Committee (one year)
       Borah Symposium Committee (2 years)
       Ad Hoc Committee on Martin Luther King Day (3 years)
       Faculty Affairs Committee (2 years)
       Univ. Committee on Gen. Univ. Requirements (2 years)
       International Affairs Committee (2 years)
       Innovative Summer Programs Committee (Fall 1994-95)
       Diversity/Multicultural Advisory Committee (4 years; continuing)
       American Studies Committee (1987-2002)
       International Studies Committee (1986-2002)
       Faculty-in-Residence Program Group (1995-1999)
       Honors Program Committee (1997-1999)

  College Committees served:
   CBE Executive Committee (as dept. head)
   CBE Petitions (as dept. head)
   CBE Scholarships (as dept. head)
   CBE Curriculum
   CBE MBA Advisory
   Search Committees for CBDR Director
   CBE Dean's Search-Selection Committee
   CBE Internal Operations Committee
   CBE Accreditation-Curriculum Review Committee
   CBE Advisory Board--Public Sector/Private Sector Working Group
   CBE Library Liaison Committee
   CBE Tenure-Review Committee
   CBE Mission-Goals Committee
   CBE ByLaws Committee
  Departmental Committees: (over the years)
    Seminars Committee
    Doctoral Program Committee
    New Faculty Evaluation Committee
    Tenure-Promotion Committee
    Selection-Recruitment Committee (past and present; member, chair)
    Curriculum Committee
    Advisor to Economics Club
    High-School Visitation Faculty Group
    Research-Assessment Committee
    Department ByLaws Committee

Others Activities (Community):
    City of Moscow,  Human Rights Commission, serving as Commissioner since 2004
    Organized First Annual Moscow CommUNITY Walk, April 2007 (endorsed by Governor of Idaho, City Mayor, others)
    Moscow Interfaith Association, serving since 2005
    Finding-the-Center:  Annual Regional Human-Rights Conference, 2005, 2006, 2007--continuous service on planning committee
    Community Board of Directors, Pullman-Moscow Daily News (regional newspaper,
         January 1993-January 1996)
    North Idaho/Eastern Wash. Malcolm Kerr Scholarship Committee
      (member, 1986-88; chair, 1988-94)
    Latah County Task Force on Human Rights (1987-continuing)
    Lena Whitmore Parent-Teachers Group (1976-78)

  International:
      Serving, since 1991, as one of the directors of the Journal Advisory Board for The Pakistan Banker, published bi-annually by The Bank of the             Punjab (provincial government bank), Lahore, Pakistan
      Serving as External Examiner/committee member, since 1995, for doctoral
      dissertations in economics, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Other Professional:
  Employment
    1955-1958, Head of local purchasing unit and Sr. Administrative Assistant, U.S. International Cooperation Administration (now Agency for                       International Development), American Embassy, Karachi, Pakistan
    1952-1955, Admin. Assistant, Lloyds Bank Limited (a British Bank), Karachi, Pakistan
    1951-1952, Clerk-Typist, Karachi Port Authority, Karachi, Pakistan

  Membership in Professional and Scholarly Organizations:

        International Society for the History of Arabic and Islamic Science and Philosophy
        International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations
        Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Association
                        Board of Directors (1972-86)
       American Association of University Professors
       History of Economics Society
       Society for the Advancement of Socioeconomics
       Middle East Studies Association

 Other Professional Activities:

    Selected as member of the National Tax Association Sales and Use Taxation Committee, 3-year term, 1970-73
    Participated in the 1971 Summer Economic Institute, sponsored by the Idaho Council on Economic Education, Sun Valley, Idaho; one-day seminar   on "Economics of Developing Countries."
  Developed twice (1976 and 1981) the comprehensive syllabus for two University of Idaho correspondence courses in economics--Principles (Macro and Micro), and have been offering these courses through the University's Continuing Education since 1970.  Have handled the upper-division Money and Banking course under similar arrangement for three to four years.
  Served as Project Coordinator for a study subcontracted to the University of Idaho by Washington State University entitled "Guidelines for Developing a Northwest Energy Policy," sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Regional Commission, 1973-74.
   Served as session chairman and discussant at various professional  conferences (national, regional, international) -- continuing (most recent:  discussant of a paper on the "Economic Thought of Moses Maimonides (1141-1204AD)," at the June 1994 History of Economic Society Conference).
  Served as reviewer for Public Finance Quarterly.
  Participated in Governor's Conference on Economic Growth in Idaho, 1978
  Participated in economic education workshops (DEEP - Developmental Economic
   Education Program) held at University of Idaho, 1977 and 1978.
  Participated (by invitation) in a conference held in Benghazi, Libya, April 1-5, 1978, called by the Libyan President, on "The Solution of the Economic Problem:  Socialism" (delegates from Europe, North America, and elsewhere).
  Participated in Chicago Board of Trade Educator's Conference, March 1981.

  Visited Pakistan, December 1981-January 1982, at the invitation of the Government of Pakistan (under National Talent Pool Scheme for expatriots, funding by the United Nations Development Preogram), as a guest lecturer at the University of Punjab, Lahore.  Activities included lectures to classes in managerial economics, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, and others.  Also, faculty-student seminars on topics such as Supply-Side Economics, Third World Development:  Reorientation of Means and Ends, Stress in the Islamic World--Socio-Economic Ideals and Reality, Religious Values and Contemporary Third World Development, Compatibility of Islamic Economics with Contemporary Western Economics, Modernization in Islam--Social Scientists' Dilemmas, and others.  Also, some discussions based on Milton Friedman's Free to Choose series.  Similar presentations were given at King Abdulaziz University, 1983-86.
   Reviewed manuscript of a textbook on Current Economic Issues for Scott, Foresman, Publishers, June 1982.
  Delegate at an International Conference on "Fiscal Policy and Development
   Planning in an Islamic State," sponsored by the Government of Pakistan and International Islamic University held in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 6-10, 1986.
   Seminars (by invitation) on (1) "Scholastic Economics and Arab Scholars:  The `Great Gap' Thesis Reconsidered," and (2) "Economic Thought of an Arab Scholastic:  Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali," at the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan; summer 1989.
  Reviewed a manuscript for a Principles list for Scott, Foresman, Publishers,  1987.
  Reviewed a manuscript for a Public Finance text for Harper & Row, Publishers, Nov. 1989.
          Served as chair and discussant of a session at the Association of Evolutionary Economics    Meetings, New York; Dec. 1989.
   Reviewed the 1989 edition of Michael Todaro, Economic Development in the Third World; Longmann, N.Y., l989 in connection with the new edition
   Participated in the 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999 Summer Workshops for Idaho High School Teachers, sponsored by the  UI Center for Economic Education and Department of Economics
   Reviewed a prospective textbook, Economics of Sports, for HarperCollins, Publishers; 1993
   Reviewed manuscript for the 1994 edition of Michael Todaro, Economic Development, Longman's, N.Y.; done in 1993 (acknowledge in the text, and also a letter of appreciation from author)
   Attended an all-day session on "Findings in Science and Math relevant to Introductory Courses and Student Teaching Styles:  Individual Differences in Learning," presentation by Sheila Tobias, November 29, 1993
   Served, 1993-99, as Faculty-in-Residence (by student nominations), a program established "to introduce faculty members into the Residence Halls and to encourage students to continue their education in their living groups as well as classroom."
  Served on the UI Faculty Advisory Committee for Residence Halls (1993-98)
  Serving, since 1993, as occasional referee-reviewer for History of Political Economy
   (top international journal on economic thought)--reviewed three articles    during 1994--one was reviewed twice; reviewed three articles in 1995;    one in 1996; several since 1996
  Reviewed manuscript of a Principles text for Irwin Publishers, July 1994
  Served as discussant on "Economic Thought of Moses Maimonides, 1141-1204AD,"    History of Economics Society Conference, Babson College, Mass., June 1994
  Extensive guidance and bibliographical assistance to scholars (through e-mail    and otherwise) listings on medieval-history research (inquiries from    scholars at Univ. of Colorado, St. Franciscan College, Smith College,  Georgetown University, Emory University, Boston University, University of Delaware, University    of Kansas, University of Hamburg-Germany, Songkla University-Malaysia, and others); continuing as of 2003
  Continuous service (1995-to date) as External Examiner for doctoral programs, Department    of Economics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan   --Externeral Examiner (committee member in 1995-96), for a doctoral thesis, "An     Economic Analysis of Costs and Benefits of Pakistan's Investment in Population     Control, 1965-88"
   --External Examiner (committee member, 1997-98), for a doctoral thesis, "Impact of     Lawlessness on Economic Development and Role of Effective Policing: A Case     Study Pakistan, 1969-1993"
  Presented, by invitation, a seminar on the "Economic Thought of Al-Ghazali,    1058-1111AD," University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan; July 1996
               Participated in an all-day Active Learning Workshop (Teaching of Economics), at the    American Economic Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.; January 1997
  Participated in an all-day Workshop on Teaching Techniques that Promote Active Learning at    the American Economic Association Conference, Boston, Mass.; January 1999  Consultant (1997-2000) to Robert Gardner, producer-director, for a PBS-TV documentary,    "Islam:  Empire of Faith" (3-parts), aired on PBS, May 8, 2001 (contributions    acknowledged by the producer-director)
  Seminars presented, by invitation, on topics related to the evolution of social sciences, future    trends, interdisciplinary studies, at (i) University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan; (ii) Aligarh    University, Aligarh, India; and (iii) Islamic Development Bank/King Abdul-Aziz    University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; during sabbatical leave, Spring 2000  Participated (by invitation) in a Middle-East Studies Association forum, entitled "Teaching and    Research on Medieval Middle-Eastern/Islamic Studies," held at the MESA Conference,    Orlando, Florida, October 2000
  Guest-Lecturer in various UI classes (Economics, History, Foreign-Languages, Core-Discovery and others), on topics related to Medieval Arab-Islamic Socio-Economic Thought, Islam as a Religion, Islam as a Civilization, Contemporary Islamic Issues, Islam in the USA, etc.;           two-three lectures about every semester since 1996 or so.
    Occasional    presentations in the community (including a half-hour appearance on KUID-TV-PBS    Dialogue Program, November 2001); also invited lecturer in community groups; continuous
    Participated in the PBS-Idaho-PTV Forum, “Faith and Foreign Affairs,” Lewiston, Idaho, May 1, 2003; continuous community activities
    Keynote speaker at the Golden Key Honor Society Awards Banquet, topic: “Beyond Economics:  Living and Life,” UI Campus, February 27, 2003
    Seminars presented, by invitation, during December 2003 visit to Pakistan (went to participate in the 9th Biennial Conference of the Association of     Pakistan Scientists and Engineers of North America, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 2003): (1) Civilizational Linkages: Islam and the West,             University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore; 12/11/03; (2) Globalization and Islamic Perspectives, Institute of Management and                     Technology, Lahore; 12/10/03; (3) Islam and the West: History and Current Concerns, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 12/15/03; (4) Need for         Civilizational Dialogue: Islam and the West, sponsored by the UNDP, Islamabad, 12/24/03
    Volunteer in various community-service activities (Meals on Wheels, Escorting the needy in their activities, etc.)


PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS: (over 130 listings)

(1) "Inflating Targeting in Less-Developed Countries:  Recent Experience and Potential" (with Candalaria Sevcik), Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies (accepted; forthcoming)

"Female Genital Mutilation:  Socio-Economic Consequences and Prospects of Control" (with Shannon Grant), Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies (tentative acceptance)

"Capitalistic Tradition in Early Islamic Civilization," paper presented at the International History of Economic Society Conference, held at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, June 2007
; submitted for publication

"Early Islam:  Civilization and Linkages with Latin-Europe," presentation at an Area Community Forum, Moscow, Idaho, March 31, 2007

"Microfinance:  Recent Experience, Future Possibilities" (with Tyson Rallens), Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, Vol.31, No.2, Summer 2006

Book:  Islamic Civilization--History, Contributions, and Influence:  A Compendium of Literature; Scarecrow Press (Rowman-Littlefield Publishers), Lanham, Maryland; 2006 <>

"From Interdisciplinarity to Intercivilization:  Early Islam and European Renaissance," campus-wide seminar, presented at the University Interdisciplinary Colloquium, University of Idaho; April 18, 2006

Invited Keynote Address:  "Socio-Economic Thought in Early Islamic Civilization: Contributions, Continuity, and Influence," First Annual Canadian Forum on Islamic Economics and Finance, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; September 2005
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Book:  Medieval Islamic Economic Thought: Filling the Great Gap in European Economics; Edited Volume; RoutledgeCurzon Publishers (Taylor and Francis), London and New York; 2003

(10) "Civilizational Dialogue: Medieval Social Thought, Latin-European Renaissance, and Islamic Influences,"
Counterpoint: Journal of Intercultural Perspectives (UK), 2003; pp. 21-36

Keynote Address:  "Beyond Economics:  Living and Life," 43rd Initiation Reception, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, February 27, 2003

<>"The Future of Social Sciences: Some Emerging Issues," campus-wide seminar presented at the Interdisciplinary Colloquium series, University of Idaho, March 2002
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"Public Sector Economics in Medieval Economic Thought: Contributions of Selected Arab-Islamic Scholars," Public Finance/Finances Publiques (Germany); Vol.53, No.1, 1998 (published 2001), pp.19-36

"Early Medieval Islamic Economic Thought: Abu Yusuf's (731-798AD) Economics of Public Finance" (with M. Nejatullah Siddiqi), History of Economic Ideas (Italy), Vol.IX, No.3, 2001

"Impact of Lawlessness on Pakistan's Macroeconomic Performance, 1960-95: Some Preliminary Evidence" (with Azhar H. Nadeem and Rafiq Ahmed), Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies; Vol.26, No.1, Spring2001

"Civilization Dialogue: Medieval Social Thought, Latin-European Renaissance, and Islamic Influences,"
paper presented at the International Medieval Congress 2001, International Medieval Institute, University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K.; July 2001

"Medieval Arab-Islamic Studies: The Intellectual 'Gaps'," The Bulletin of Middle-East Medievalists, Vol.13, No.1, April 2001

"Socio-Economic Welfare in Islam," articled contributed to the Oxford Dictionary of Islam; John Esposito (Editor), Oxford University Press, New York; 2001

"Dependency Thesis," article contributed to the Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies; John C. Hawley (Editor); Greenwood Publishing Group Limited (East River Books Publishers); 2001

(20) "Third World Corruption: A Survey of Issues," (with Karen May), Journal of Social, Economic, and Political Issues, Vol. 25, No. 3, Fall 2000

Book Review:  "Studies in Islamic Science and Polity," authored by M.A. Choudhury, History of Political Economy, Winter 2000; pp.699-701

"Public-Sector Economics in Medieval Economic Thought: Contributions of Selected Arab-Islamic Scholars," paper presented at the 4th Annual European Society for History of Economic Thought, Graz, Austria; February 25-27, 2000

"Public-Sector Economics in Medieval Economic Thought: Contributions of Selected Arab-Islamic Scholars."  Abstracts of papers: European Society for History of Economic Thought, Graz, Austria; February 2000

"Third-World Micro Finance: Challenges of Growth and Prospects for Adaptation," (with James Cerven);  Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies; Vol.24, No.3, Fall 1999

"Medieval Social Thought and European Renaissance: Influence of Selected Arab-Islamic Scholastics," paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, State University of New York Binghampton University, Binghampton, New York; October 1999

"Economic Thought of Al-Ghazali and St. Thomas Aquinas: Some Comparative Parallels and Linkages," History of Political Economy, Vol.34, No.2, Winter 2000

"Evolution of Medieval Social Thought: European Renaissance and Influence of Islamic Scholastics (with special reference to Ibn Rushd, 1126-1198)," paper presented at the Fourth Colloquium of the International Society for the History of Arab and Islamic Science and Philosophy, Cordoba, Spain; December 1998.

Book:  Economic Thought of Al-Ghazali (450-505AH/1058-1111AD), co-authored with A. Azim Islahi; Scientific Publishing Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 1998

"Early Medieval Arab-Islamic Economic Thought: Abu Yusuf's (731-798) Economics of Public Finance," paper presented, History of Economics Society International Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 1998

(30) "Taxes as form of worship: Zakah in Islamic Economics" (with Athar Murtuza, Seaton Hall University), Journal of Accounting, Ethics, and Public Policy, Vol.1, No.2, Spring 1998 (also published in Robert W. McGee, Editor, The Ethics of Tax Evasion, Dumont Institute for Public Policy, New Jersey; 1998)

"Post-Greek/Pre-Renaissance Economic Thought: Contributions of Arab-Islamic Scholastics during the 'Great Gap' Centuries," Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology; Vol.16, Fall 1998, pp.65-89

"Medieval Arab-Islamic Social Thought and Latin-European Renaissance," The Anglo-Norman Anonymous (Bulletin of the Haskins Society International), Vol.16, No.1, 1998; pp.5-6

"Medieval Arab-Islamic and Latin-European Social Thought: Literary Gap, Sources of Transmission, and Impact on European Renaissance," invited paper, presented at the Sixteenth Annual International Haskins Society Conference, Houston, Texas; November 1997 (abstract published in conference brochure)

"Economic Thought of an Arab Scholastic:  Ibn Al-Qayyim (1291-1350AD)," History of Economic Ideas (Italy); Vol.3, No.l, 1997; 7-25

"Medieval Islamic Socio-Economic Thought: Linkages with Greek and Latin-European Scholarship,"
Humanomics: Comparative Political Economy, Vol.13, No.3-4, 1997; 33-60

"Imam Ghazali: A Great Welfare Economist of Eleventh Century," The Pakistan Banker: A Magazine of Socioeconomic Knowledge, January-June 1997, 85-94 (based on invited presentation at the University of  Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, July 1996)

"Forecasting Economic Trends and General Fund Revenue in Idaho:  Accuracy Evaluation of Various Approaches," empirical study completed December 1995, funded through CBE summer research grant.  Presented at the 42nd International Atlantic Economic Association Conference, Washington, D.C., October 1996; abstract published.

"Medieval Islamic Socio-Economic Thought:  Links with Greek and Latin-European Scholarship," invited paper, presented at the Eighth International Conference of the Society of Socioeconomics, Geneva, Switzerland; July 12, 1996; abstract published in Conference Collections.

"Medieval Arab-Islamic Economic Thought," article contributed (March 1996), by invitation, an article for Encyclopedic Dictionary of Political Economy, edited by Phillip O'Hara, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, for Routledge Publishers; published 1999

(40) "Government's Role in the Private Sector: The Case Against Reregulating Cable Television," (with Mark Biggerstaff), Journal of Political, Social, and Economic Studies, Vol.20, No.2, Summer 1995

"A Rejoinder to Comments on 'Economic Thought of an Arab Scholastic: Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali (1058-1111AD)', History of Political Economy, Vol.27, No.4, Fall 1995

"History of Economic Thought: The Schumpeterian `Great Gap', The `Lost' Arab-Islamic Legacy, and the Literature Gap," Journal of Islamic Studies (Oxford University), Vol.6, No.2, Fall 1995

"History of Economic Thought: `Other Traditions and Persistence of a Literature Gap'", presented at the History of Economics Society International Conference, South Bend, Indiana; June 1995; abstract published in Collection of Papers.

Invited paper, "Classical Forerunners and Latin European Successors of Medieval Arab-Islamic Scholarship: Continuity of Traditions (with emphasis on economic thought)," International Society for the Classical Tradition, Boston University, Boston, Mass., March 1995; abstract published in Collection of Papers

Invited paper, "Medieval Economic Thought:  Contributions of Arab-Islamic Scholastics," at the Conference on Ancient and Medieval Economic Thought, Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., June 1994; abstract published in Collection of Papers

Invited paper, "Post Greek/Pre-Renaissance Economic Thought Among Arab-Islamic Scholastics," lead paper in first of the two 3-paper sessions on "Evaluating the Schumpeterian 'Great Gap',"  at the History of Economics Society International Conference, Babson College, Babson, Mass., June 1994; abstract published in Collection of Papers

"Economic Thought of Arab Scholastics and Linkages with European Scholastics," accepted for publication April 1996, published in the 'catch-up' issue, Pakistan Economic and Social Review, Vol.32, Summer 1994; pp.1-24

"Economic Thought of Al-Ghazali (1058-1111AD) and St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274AD): Some Comparative Parallels and Linkages," paper presented at the National Conference of the History of Economics Society, Philadelphia; June 1993; abstract published in Collection of Papers.

"History of Economic Thought:  The Schumpeterian `Gap' and Its Legacy," paper presented at the Western Economic Association International, 67th Annual Conference; San Francisco, California, July 1992.

(50) "Countertrade:  Help or Hindrance to Less-Developed Countries?"  (with Patricia Daily), Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, Spring 1993

"Human Resources, Productivity, and Motivation in the Public Sector:  The Case of Saudi Arabia" (with M. Alhomide), Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives; December 1993

"Kenya:  Promoting Employment through Small-Scale Enterprise Development," abstract published in Social Planning, Policy and Development Abstracts, 1992

"Economic Thought of an Arab scholastic:  Ibn Al-Qayyim (1292-1350 AD)," a paper presented at the History of Economics Society International Conference, College Park, Maryland; June 1991.

Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1993 to June 1994:  Results of a Business Opinion Survey, UI CBDR Monograph 93-1, Center for Business Development and Research, College of Business & Economics, UI; January 1993

"Expanding Women's Role in Rural Development:  The Case of West African Sahel," (with William J. Grigsby), Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Vol.17, No.1, Spring 1992

"Kenya:  Promoting Employment through Small Scale Enterprise Development," (with Clark Bailey), Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives, December 1991

"Scholastic Economics and Arab Scholars:  The `Great Gap' Thesis Reconsidered," Diogenes:  International Review of Humane Sciences; International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, Paris, France; No.l54, April-June l99l (published in seven languages at various times)

"Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1991 to June 1992:  Results of a Business Opinion Survey," CBDR 91-1, University of Idaho, January 1991.

"Third World Technological Change:  Some Perspectives on Socio-Economic Implications," abstracted in Social Planning, Policy & Development Abstracts, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1991

(60) "Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1990 to June 1991: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Devel. and Research, University of Idaho, Journal Paper Series, CBDR 90-1, January 1990

"Anticipated Economic Outlook for Idaho 1991-92:  Special Survey Methodology Results," Journal of Idaho Academy of Science, Vol. 26, June-December 1990

"Idaho Economic Outlook for January l992 to June l993: Results of a Business Opinion Survey,"  CBDR Monograph 1992-1; University of Idaho, January 1991 (study undertaken for presentation at the Idaho Legislative hearings re:  state general-fund forecasting, January 1992)

"Progressive Income Taxation," in Magill's Survey of Social Science:  Economics, Salem Press, Pasadena, Calif.; 1991

"Stabilization Policy," in Magill's Survey of Social Science:  Economics, Salem  Press, Pasadena, Calif., 1991

"Sales Taxation," in Magill's Survey of Social Science: Economics, Salem Press, Pasadena, Calif., 1991

"Iran's 1979 Revolution: An Economic Retrospect," Journal of South Asian and Middle-Eastern Studies; summer 1991

"Explorations in Medieval Arab-Islamic Economic Thought:  Some Aspects of Ibn Taimiyah's Economics," in S. Todd Lowry (editor), Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought:  Selected Papers from the History of Economics Society Conference, 1990; Vol.7, Edward Elgar Publishing Company, Vermont, 1992; pp.45-63.  (One of 15 papers published, selected out of over 100 presented at the HES Conference, Lexington, Virginia, June 1990); (refereed paper, per editor's letter)

Invited paper, "Explorations in Medieval Arab-Islamic Economic Thought:  Some Aspects of Ibn Taimiyah's Economics," the Eighteenth Annual National Conference of the History of Economics Society, Lexington, Virginia; June 1990; abstract published in Collection of Papers.

"Economic Thought of Arab Scholastics and Linkages with European Scholastics," Abstract of Papers, 32nd Annual Conference of the Western Social Science Association, Portland, Oregon; April 1990.

(70) "Economic Thought of Medieval Arab-Islamic Scholastics:  Filling the `Great Gap'," paper presented at the Midwest Economic Association Meetings, Chicago, Illinois; March 1990.

"Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1989 to June 1990: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Development and Research," University of Idaho, Journal Paper Series CBDR 89-1, Jan. 1989

"Economic Thought of an Arab Scholastic:  Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, 1058-1111 AD," History of Political Economy, Fall 1990.

"Third World Technological Change:  Some Socio-Economic Implications," Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, Spring 1990.

"Explorations in Economic Thought:  Contributions of Arab Scholars," paper presented at the International Annual Conference of the Ameican Economic Association, Atlanta, Georgia; Dec. 1989

"The Impact of Welfare Aid on Society:  The U.S. Welfare Act of 1988," (with Julie Monroe); The Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 4, Summer 1989.

"The Political Economy of Pakistan, 1947-88:  A Critical Appraisal," Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives, March 1989.

"Economic Thought of an Arab Scholastic:  Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali," paper presented at the Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, March-April 1989.

"Scholastic Economics and Arab Scholars:  The `Great Gap' Thesis Reconsidered," abstract, History of Economics Society Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 2, Fall 1988.

"Scholastic Economics and Arab Scholars:  The `Great Gap' Thesis Reconsidered," paper presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the History of Economics Society, Toronto, Canada; June 1988.

(80) "Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1988 to June 1989: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, Journal Paper Series 88-1, January 1988

"Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1987 to June 1988: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, Journal Paper Series 87-1, January 1987

Invited paper, "Socio-Economic Implications of Technological Change (with special reference to the Third World)," presented at the Association of Pakistani Scientists and Engineers of North America, Chicago, Illinois, November 1986.

"Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1983 to June 1984: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, CBDR Series 83-1, January 1983

"Religion and Development in the Middle-East," Pakistan Economic and Social Review, Spring 1982

"Sales Tax Regressivity Over Time:  Effects of Changing Consumption Patterns, 1960-61 and 1972-73," Western Tax Review, Spring 1982.

"Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1982 to June 1983: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, CBDR Series 82-1, January 1982

"Sales Tax Regressivity Over Time: Effects of Changing Consumption Patterns, 1960-61 and 1972-73," paper presented (jointly Margo Hunter) at the Western Economic Association Conference, San Francisco, California, July 1981

"Development, Ethics, and Economics:  Socio-Economic Justice in Islam," Journal of Asian and Middle-Eastern Studies, Winter l98l.

"Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1981 to June 1982: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, CBDR Series 81-1, January 1981

(90) "Development, Ethics, and Economics:  Socio-Economic Justice in Islam," paper presented at the 6th Annual Third World Conference, sponsored by Governors State University, Park Forest South, Illinois, March 1980; part of a session organized and chaired by invitation.

"Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1980 to June 1981: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, CBDR Series 80-1, January 1980

"Religion and Development in the Middle-East," a paper presented at the 5th Annual Third World Conference, sponsored by Governors State University, Park Forest South, Illinois, March 1979

"Individual Modernity Associated with Economic-Demographic Characteristics:  Some Evidence from Pakistan," Studies in Comparative International Development, Fall (December) 1980.

Book:  Idaho Statistical Abstract, Third Edition, 1980, a widely-used 417-page volume, Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, January 1980.

"Socio-Cultural Environment and Economic Development:  Attitudes of Pakistan's Urban and Rural Group," Asian Economies, June 1979.

"Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1979 to June 1980:  Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, Journal Paper Series CBDR 79-1, January 1979.  (Also, revenue forecasts presented, on an annual basis, before the Idaho Legislature with faculty colleagues from Boise State University and Idaho State University; presentations each January since 1974 to 1993)

"Socio-Cultural Factors and Economic Development:  Some Empirical Findings from Pakistan," Asia Quarterly, No. 3, September 1978.

"Sales Tax Equity Aspects Again:  By Age Groups and Income Classes," Public Finance Quarterly, July 1978.

"Socio-Economic Characteristics Associated with Developmental/Nondevelopmental Orientation:  Some Evidence from Pakistan," a paper presented at the Western Economic Association Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 1978.

(100) "Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1978 to June 1979: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Dev. and Research, University of Idaho, Journal Paper Series CBDR 78-1, January 1978.

"Factors Associated with Intercounty Variations in Idaho Local Government Expenditures, 1967 and 1972," (with A.R. Butt), Journal Paper Series CBDR 77-15, Center for Business Development and Research, UI, December 1977.

"Issues Relating to Retail Sales Taxation of Services in Idaho," testimony presented before the Governor's Task Force on Taxation, December 1977.

"Socio-Cultural Environment and Economic Development:  Evidence from Pakistan's Urban and Rural Groups," a paper presented at the Western Economic Association Conference, Los Angeles, June 1977

"State Revenue Forecasting: A Review of Current Approaches," Journal Paper Series CBDR 77-5, Center for Business Development and Research, UI, May 1977 (prepared as part of the Revenue Forecasting Project, funded by the Idaho legislature).

"Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1977 to June 1978: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, Journal Paper Series CBDR 77-1, January 1977

"Socio-Cultural Factors and Economic Development: Some Empirical Findings from Pakistan," paper  at the Western Economic Association Conference San Francisco, June 1976 (also published by Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, Journal Paper Series CBDR76-14, Aug. 1976).

"Sales Tax Vertical and Horizontal Inequities:  By Age Groups and Income Classes," a paper presented at the Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 1976

"Sales Tax Vertical and Horizontal Inequities: By Age Groups and Income Classes," Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, Journal Paper Series CBDR 76-17, October 1976.

(110) "Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1976 to June 1977: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Dev. and Research, University of Idaho, Journal Paper Series CBDR 1976-1, January 1976

"Public Attitudes toward Governmental Finances in Idaho:  A Survey of Lewiston Area" (with M. Sardar), Journal Paper Series CBDR 75-24, Center for Business Development and Research, UI, December 1975.

"Inflationary Factors for Some Operating Expenditure Categories:  Idaho's Budget for Fiscal 1976-77," Journal Paper Series CBDR 75-24, Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, November 1975 (project done at the request of the Idaho Legislative Fiscal director).

Estimating General Fund Revenues for the State of Idaho (with Don W. Holley, Boise State Univ., and Don C. Reading, Idaho State University), a monograph published by the Center for Business and Economic Research, Boise State Univ., June 1975.

"State Revenue Projections, Final 1976," presentation before Idaho Legislature, jointly with Don W. Holley and Don C. Reading, January 1975.  Also gave similar presentation to the Idaho Legislature, January 1977 (similar presentations before the Idaho Legislature, each year, till 1993, except for 1983-86 when on sabbatical/leave of absence)

"State Revenue Projections, Fiscal 1977," presentation before the Idaho Legislature, jointly with Don W. Holley and Don C. Reading, January 1978.

"Equity Effects and Revenue Potential of Sales Taxation of Services:  Some Empirical Findings, "Public Finance Quarterly, April 1975

"Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1975 to June 1976: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, Journal Paper Series CBDR 75-1, January 1975

"Idaho Economic Outlook for January 1974 to June 1975: Results of a Business Opinion Survey," Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, Journal Paper Series CBDR 74-1, January 1974

(120) "Equity Effects and Revenue Potential of Sales Taxation of Services: Some Empirical Findings," paper presented at  the Western Economic Association Conference, Claremont, California, August 1973.

"Supply and Demand," Ch. 5, contributed in Foundations of Education series

"Energy Intensiveness and Growth Prospects of Idaho Industries," special study undertaken as part of broader study, Guidelines for a Northwest Energy Policy, a joint project of the UI, Oregon State Univ., and Washington State Univ. sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Regional Commission, July 1974.

"Idaho's Retail Sales Tax:  Application to Services and Some Other Problems," a paper presented at the Idaho Academy of Science, April 1973.

"Extending the Sales Tax Base to Services," a paper presented at the Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Association Conference, April 1973.

Retail Sales Taxation of Service in Idaho:  Equity Effects and Revenue Potential, Bureau of Business and Economics, UI, Monograph No. 12, January 1973.

"Retail Sales Taxation of Services:  Summary of Findings for Idaho," presented at the National Tax Association Conference, published in Proceedings of the National Tax Association Conference, 1972.

"A Preliminary Analysis of Fiscal Disequilibrium in the Pacific Northwest States, 1957-1969," a paper presented at the Western Regional Science Association Conference, San Diego, February 1972; also

"A Preliminary Analysis of Fiscal Disequilibrium in the Pacific Northwest States, 1957-1969,"
Working Paper No. 1, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, UI, 1972.

Book review, Marketing Research in Developing Countries, in Journal of Developing Areas, July 1972.

(130) "Sales Taxation of Services:  Equity and Revenue Aspects," Proceedings of the National Tax Association Conference, 1971.

"Public Finance Trends and Fiscal Imbalance in Idaho, Washington and All States, 1957-69," a paper presented at the Fifth Annual Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Association Conference, April 1971.

"Financing City Government in Idaho" (with Glenn W. Nichols), Idaho Business and Economic Review, Summer 1971.

"Public Finance Trends in Idaho, Washington, and All States, 1957-1969," Idaho Business and Economic Review, December 1971.

Simulation Approach to Economics:  A Survey, monograph published by the Bureau of Business and Economics, University of Idaho, Monograph No. 11, 1970.

Data and Derivatives for Measuring Sales Tax Impact, monograph published by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Idaho, Monograph No. 10, 1969.

Book review, Problems of Economic Development, in Mississippi Valley Journal of Economics and Business, Spring 1969.

Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Impact of Retail Sales Taxation:  By Age Groups, Family Size, and Income Classes, Washington State University, 1969.

Unpublished M.A. thesis, Financing Investment in Pakistan's Economic Development, Washington State University, l962
 
 
 


HONORS AND AWARDS:

 Alumni Achievement Award, 2007 (Highest Alumnus Award, Washington State University)
Alumni Awards (two) for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, December 2006
 Martin Luther King Distinguished Service Award, University of Idaho, 2007
 City of Moscow, Community Unity Award, 2005
 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, December 2003

 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence for Lifetime Contributions, University of Idaho, Dec.2002
 Alumni Awards (two) for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, December 2001
 Inspirational/Influential Faculty, Scholar-Athlete Award (selected by student award-recipient)
 Golden Key International Honor Society Faculty Inductee, Honorary Member, Nov. 2000
 Alumni Awards (two) for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, December 1999
 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, November 1998
 A. D. Davis Faculty Excellence Award, 1997-99
 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, November 1996
 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, November 1995
 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, November 1994
 Outstanding Faculty Award, 1994, Associated Students of the University of Idaho
 Burlington-Northern Faculty Excellence Award Nominee, by the College of Business   and Economics Dean, February 1994 and February 1995
 A.D. Davis Faculty Excellence Fellowship, 1992-93 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, Dec. 1993
 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, Dec. 1991
  Panhellenic Faculty Member of the Year, 1989-90 (Honorable Mention), Univ.of Idaho, April `90
 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, Dec. 1990 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, Dec. 1989
 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, Dec. 1988
 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Faculty Inductee, Honorary Member, Feb. 198
 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, December 1987
 Faculty Excellence Award, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1986
 Distinguished Faculty Award (Univ.of Idaho Phi Kappa Phi sponsored), 1982-83
 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho, November 1982
 Selected/recommended for Fulbright Sr. Lectureship Award by the Council
  for International Exchange of Scholars, Washington, D.C., 1982-83 and 1983-84
 Regional Development Fellowship, Brown University, 1964-65 Member (as student), Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Omicron Delta Epsilon
 International Exchange Award (covering tuition), during undergraduate years,
  Washington State University, 1958-62
 University President's Honor Roll during undergraduate semesters, 1958-1962
 Twice nominated by Washington State University for Outstanding Student Award,
  sponsored by the American Friends of the Middle East, Inc., 1961 and 1962
 Awarded (not utilized for personal and other reasons) an International   Development Fellowship in 1967 for doctoral dissertation research in Pakistan, by the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Honolulu, Hawaii

 Listed in:  Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2004-2007)
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    Sterling Who's Who Directory, Executive Edition, 1995-96
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    Man of the Year Listing (American Biographic Institute, 1996)
    American Registry of Outstanding Professionals (2001-02)