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Hamna Ahmed

  • Assistant Professor
  • Lahore School of Economics

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Researchers

Hamna Ahmed is an Assistant Professor at the Lahore School of Economics, and a Research Fellow at Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB), Pakistan. She received her PhD in Economics from University of Kent, UK in 2017.  Her research is in the field of development and behavioral economics with a special focus on gender and performance of non-state institutions.

Projects

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Competition and market access in online freelancing markets: Evidence from Pakistan

Zunia Saif Tirmazee, Hamna Ahmed, Ruoxuan (Rebecca) Wu 1 Apr 2025
Project
Pakistan - COVID - Lockdown

Outsourcing state capacity: A field experiment in Pakistan

Naved Hamid, Simon Quinn, Katherine Vyborny, Hamna Ahmed, Asha Gul 31 Dec 2016
Project

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Cutting wages to break in: How information gaps hold back workers in the online gig economy

Hamna Ahmed, Zunia Saif Tirmazee, Ruoxuan (Rebecca) Wu
Policy brief

Six insights for engaging community activists in rural development

Hamna Ahmed, Asha Gul, Saheem Khizar, Simon Quinn, Katherine Vyborny
Blog

How well represented are women in Pakistan's rural volunteer organisations?

Hamna Ahmed, Asha Gul, Saheem Khizar, Simon Quinn, Katherine Vyborny
Blog

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