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M. Irfan

  • Former Joint Director
  • Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

Roles

Researchers

Email

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Born in a hilly small town Jhafar around 13 Kilometer from Abbottabad in1940.Passed primary school from Sarbhana, a nearby village. The high school education was had in the No 1 Government High school Abbottabad . Passed M.A Economics with distinction from the Peshawar university. Earned a Ford Foundation fellowship to proceed to Cornell USA for Ph.D in Economics in 1975, and the mission was accomplished in 1978.
Broadly trained in theoretical and applied economics with emphasis on labour economics, micro-economic theory and development economics.

Projects

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How to Increase Formal Inflows of Remittances to Pakistan?

Rashid Amjad, M. Irfan, G. M. Arif 1 Dec 2012
Project
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Explaining the Ten-Fold Increase in Remittances to Pakistan between 2001-2011

Rashid Amjad, M. Irfan, G. M. Arif, Aban Haq 1 Mar 2012
Project

All contributions

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How to Increase Formal Inflows of Remittances: An Analysis of the Remittance Market in Pakistan (Working Paper)

Rashid Amjad, M. Irfan, G. M. Arif
Working paper
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Explaining the Ten-fold Increase in Remittances to Pakistan 2001-2012 (Working Paper)

Rashid Amjad, G. M. Arif, M. Irfan
Working paper