Overciew
Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet, generally known as the ECC, was formed as an emergency war time committee of in 1965 following suspension of economic and military assistance. Even though the war finished in 17 days, the Committee has existed well over 40 years now.
This paper is a first attempt in Pakistan to look at the ECC mechanism as the linchpin of economic governance in the country. In the absence of any literature, the paper is based on the analysis of publicly available minutes of the ECC meeting, and background interviews of some very senior former government officials, who have worked closely with the ECC. The analysis is based on 40 decisions taken by ECC over 2013-15 time period.
