PAKISTAN DIALOGUES

18 March 2023

Evidence-based Interventions to Prevent Childhood Undernutrition in Pakistan’s Punjab

Abid Aman Burki

Pakistan’s Punjab province has access to rich district-representative household survey data from the Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS). Five...

4 March 2023

Disconnected Mobility Infrastructures: Female Domestic Workers & the Perils of Bus Transport in Karachi

Nausheen Anwar and Eisha Shakeel

In urban Pakistan, limited access to, and the safety of, public transport is estimated to reduce female labor force participation. Minibusses are...

18 February 2023

Digital Land Records as a Women Empowerment Policy: Evidence from the Punjab

Hana Zahir

There is evidence to suggest that the digitization of land records benefits marginalized land-owning groups, such as...

3 February 2023

Education Pain Points in Balochistan: Insights from the RISE Diagnostic Framework

Saira A. Qureshi, Abdus Sami Khan, Rafiullah Kakar, Barkat Shah Kakar, and Muhammad Saleem

Balochistan covers about 44% of Pakistan’s territory and houses about 6% of its population. Huge distances and low population density provide a unique...

20 January 2023

Taking Pakistan Out of Economic Crisis: Are We Doing Enough? | The Friday Economist

Rabia Khan and Verda Arif

Post the 1960s, Pakistan’s economic history has not been especially renowned for innovation or excellence. But in 2022...

6 January 2023

Helping Firms Learn for Faster Productivity Growth

Gonzalo J. Varela

The average Pakistani worker produces 40 percent more value added today than 30 years ago. The average Polish worker 187 percent more, and the average Vietnamese one ...

23 December 2022

The 2022 Pakistan Floods: Deepening Vulnerability in Society | Friday Economist

Verda Arif

In light of recent adversity, this blog piece aims to address two main concerns. Firstly, how has this natural calamity affected women and children, two of the most vulnerable groups of Pakistani society? Secondly, to what extent...

9 December 2022

Can Light-touch Motivational Nudges Motivate Women to Enter the Workforce?

Hamna Ahmed, Mehreen Mahmud, Zunia Saif, and Farah Said

Why aren’t much higher levels of women entering the labour market given the levels of aspiration in the population? Addressing this puzzle is important because...

25 November 2022

The Pakistani Economy – Another South Asian Default in The Making? | Friday Economist

Rabia Khan and Verda Arif

Considering recent events within the Pakistani and Sri Lankan economies, this blog piece assesses the following question: should Pakistan consider the Sri Lankan default a warning sign for its own economy?

12 November 2022

Sensitivity of Crop Yield and Productivity to Climate in Punjab

Abid A. Burki, Verda Arif, and Abubakar Memon

Pakistan’s yields of major crops are sensitive to irregular and shifting precipitation patterns and rising temperatures due to climate change. However, these studies have not...

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