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Publication - Country study
Heterogeneous fragility: The case of Pakistan
This country study is published by the LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development.
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Publication - Project Memo
Management in Pakistan: Evidence from Sindh, Khyber-Paktunkhawa, and Baluchistan
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Publication - Project Report
Motivating bureaucrats: Autonomy vs performance pay for public procurement in Pakistan
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Publication - Project Report
Agriculture sector opportunities in the context of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
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Project
Support to the Consortium for Development Policy Research for policy dissemination for 2016-17
Consortium for Development Policy Research (CDPR) is a non-profit association of the IGC, CERP and IDEAS. The research conducted by these three organisations is collated and then disseminated by CDPR. The evidence-based research undertaken by the above-mentioned bodies is used to inform policy debate in Pakistan, particularly by engaging the policymakers, media and...
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Project
The impact of incentives and monitoring on the performance of public extension staff
Last year, the World Bank and the Ministry of Agriculture of Punjab, Pakistan worked together to provide to all field workers smartphones equipped with a monitoring system called Agri-Smart. We are now working jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government of Punjab, Pakistan, to introduce and evaluate performance-based incentives using the Agri-Smart system,...
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Project
Constraints to female entrepreneurship in Pakistan: The role of women's goals and aspirations
Evidence on the impact of microfinance loans on business outcomes shows moderately positive, but not transformational effects especially for women. This is true even when access to finance is coupled with business training, suggesting that factors other than credit and knowledge constraints reduce women’s ability to start or grow a business. Recent studies have...
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Blog post
Overcoming barriers to women’s mobility in Pakistan
Expanding transport networks, scheduling services, providing reliable transport in peri-urban areas, improving the design of women’s-only services, educating drivers and conductors on sexual harassment, and improving public safety improve mobility. Social norms against women coming into close contact with unrelated men, and the discomfort, social stigma, and fear of...
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Blog post
Forced devaluation of rupee: a recipe for disaster
There is broad agreement that the rupee is overvalued, with estimates of overvaluation ranging from 20-40 per cent. There are, however, two opposing views on how to deal with the problem: One, devaluation and two, administrative measures, i.e., export subsidies and regulatory duties on imports. The argument of the anti-devaluation group is that devaluation has never...
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Project
Engagement with Punjab under CPEC: A proposed framework for agriculture
Agriculture and food products comprise 18% of Pakistan’s exports. Exports to China account for 8% of this figure. Conversely, Pakistan’s agro and agro-processed imports constitute a meagre 0.4% of China’s agro imports from the world. Pakistan’s agricultural exports to China, and even to Central Asian Republics, can be improved by capitalising on the lucrative...