Pakistan

The IGC-Pakistan programme is focused on sustainable growth, and currently comprises three broad areas: new growth initiatives, state capabilities and social services. Current projects include designing incentive and audit schemes for tax collectors, mapping political conflict and local government reform, and evaluating skills-transfer programmes for the poor. Analytical work is also planned on identifying the foundations of growth, strengthening firm capabilities, addressing energy needs, and understanding the political economy of agriculture reform.

Ijaz Nabi
: Country Director
Naved Hamid
: Resident Director
Asim Khwaja
: Lead Academic
Ali Cheema
: Lead Academic
Kareen El Beyrouty
: Hub Economist
Saad Gulzar
: In-Country Economist
Aban Haq
: In-Country Economist
Yasir Khan
: In-Country Economist
Alishbah Ali Khwaja
: Office Manager

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Friends of IGC Pakistan Meeting, Lahore
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Political Violence in Pakistan 1988-2010: Patterns and Trends
Working Paper
Authors: Jacob N. Shapiro, C. Christine Fair, Rasul Bakhsh Rais
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Analysis/review OF PSDP: Phase-I Report on Macro-Fiscal and Development Framework for the PSDP
Working Paper
Authors: Hafiz Pasha, Muhammad Imran, Asif Iqbal, Zafar Ismail, Rizwan Sheikh, Sakib Sherani
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Analysis/review of the PSDP
Working Paper
Authors: Hafiz Pasha, Muhammad Imran, Asif Iqbal, Zafar Ismail, Rizwan Sheikh
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Design and Financing of Social Policy: Pakistan case study
Research Project
Author: Ehtisham Ahmad
Would the replacement of inefficient taxes and 'deficit financing' by a single rate value-added tax (VAT) be a more efficient option for Pakistan? This is one of the key research areas for the IGC's newest research project on the design and financing of social policy in Pakistan overseen by…
Pakistan’s New Growth Framework
Policy brief
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The Planning Commission is tasked with developing the growth policy for Pakistan and managing its Public Sector Development Program (PSDP). The IGC has extended support to the Planning Commission in both areas during 2010 and 2011. This note provides an overview of the former i.e. the Framework for Economic Growth…

Frozen Food Products Marketing and Distribution Challenges in a Developing Country: A Case Study of Pakistan
Working Paper
Author: Shehla Riza Arifeen
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Friends of IGC Pakistan meeting, Islamabad
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Incentives and productivity: Work groups vs. production lines
Research Project
Authors: Theresa Chaudhry, Christopher Woodruff
The fan sector is an important source of employment in the region around Gujrat in the Punjab province of Pakistan. However, competition with Chinese firms is a threat to the Pakistani fan sector, and the largest firms are focused on increasing productivity in order to remain competitive.
Monitoring the Monitors: Using ICT to improve government process evaluation and monitoring in Punjab, Pakistan
Research Project
Authors: Michael Callen, Ali Hasanain, Saad Gulzar, Yasir Khan
In many developing countries, accurate data on resource utilization in public schools, hospitals, and other service facilities are rarely available. This creates two parallel sets of problems: First, a lack of data for process evaluation can lead to misallocations in medicine, human and other service delivery resources. Second, information…
Pakistan's New Growth Strategy
Policy brief
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Pakistan's Planning Commission has formulated Pakistan’s New Growth Strategy, which has now been approved by the National Economic Council headed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The Commission is now looking to give traction to the strategy and soliciting support locally and internationally as it moves into implementation design. Deputy…
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Revitalising the Pakistan Planning Commission
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This paper considers the key problems confronting the Pakistan Planning Commission, briefly examines the essentials of planning for a mixed economy, draws lessons from the experience of countries, both developed and developing, that have formulated and implemented successful plans, and suggests measures to revitalize the Planning Commission. Some suggestions are…
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