Syed Ali Hasanain
Ali Hasanain is a 2014-2016 Oxford-Princeton Global Leaders Fellow, and an Assistant Professor of Economics (on leave) at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan, as well as a member of EGAP. His recent research has studied how Information and Communications Technology (ICT) can be applied in underdeveloped countries to improve governance and market outcomes. He has also studied how individuals’ personal characteristics mediate the success of this process. Ali also serves on the Government of Punjab’s Economic Advisory Committee. He received his PhD in Economics from George Mason University in 2010.
Content by Syed Ali Hasanain
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Multimedia Item - Video
The potential of cities in Pakistan
Shahrukh Wani, Cities Economist, speaks with Dr. Ali Hasanain, Assistant Professor of Economics at LUMS, on the potential of cities in Pakistan and how increasing their efficiency can boost the economy exponentially for Pakistan@100's first skype podcast. Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and the World Bank Pakistan have partnered on a series of outputs and...
21 Nov 2019
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Publication - Working Paper
Crowdsourcing government accountability: Experimental evidence from Pakistan
5 Nov 2015 | Arman Rezaee, Syed Ali Hasanain, Yasir Khan
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Project
Coordinating farmers with cellphones: Technology innovation in livestock extension in Pakistan
Summary Livestock agriculture accounts for twelve percent of GDP in Pakistan, and is a key growth sector for the rural poor, as in much of South Asia. However, the market for livestock faces many of the same imperfections in developing countries as do land or crop markets. We implemented in partnership with the Punjab Livestock and Dairy Department a data-driven, state...
4 Sep 2015 | Syed Ali Hasanain, Arman Rezaee, Yasir Khan
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Project
Development of Punjab Growth Strategy 2018
Punjab has been suffering from low rates of economic growth for the past few years The province needs to grow rapidly to provide enough jobs for its increasing labour force The Chief Minister asked the IGC to help develop a growth strategy for the province The strategy has now been adopted by the Government as its official Growth...
19 Jan 2015 | Ijaz Nabi, Naved Hamid, Ali Cheema, Syed Turab Hussain, Syed Ali Hasanain, Azam Chaudhry, Nazish Afraz, Anjum Nasim, Muhammad Farooq Naseer, Zeba Sathar, Sohaib Athar, Hina Shaikh
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Project
Employee personalities and public sector performance
Absenteeism and low productivity among government employees in developing countries is notoriously high Doctors in some regions of Pakistan are absent up to 68% of the time Appointing staff identified via personality tests could improve productivity in a cost effective way Governments are the primary provider of services for the poor in developing...
4 Sep 2014 | Michael Callen, Saad Gulzar, Yasir Khan, Syed Ali Hasanain
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Publication - Working Paper
The Political Economy of Health Worker Absence: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan (Working Paper)
30 Jan 2013 | Michael Callen, Syed Ali Hasanain, Saad Gulzar, Yasir Khan
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Publication - Policy Brief
Bureaucratic Underperformance and Patronage: Evidence from Pakistan (Policy Brief)
1 Jan 2013 | Michael Callen, Eli Berman, Syed Ali Hasanain, Saad Gulzar, Yasir Khan
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Project
Monitoring the Monitors: Using ICT to improve government monitoring in Punjab, Pakistan
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 bottlenecks between service...
1 Mar 2012 | Michael Callen, Syed Ali Hasanain, Saad Gulzar, Yasir Khan