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Publication - Project Report
As multilateralism ebbs, preferential trade agreements are on the rise
Early proponents of FTAs/PTAs were of the view that they could somewhat circuitously support the cause of multilateralism that was then and now seen as the first best approach to trade liberalization and the one that minimizes the risk of trade diversion. That optimism has faded. The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has requested IGC-Pakistan to support a study on a...
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Publication - Project Report
Leveraging public-private partnerships for service delivery
From 2010 onwards, the Government of Punjab set up a range of government-owned public sector companies (approximately 56 companies registered under Section 42 of the Companies Act 2017) to deliver specific public services such as waste management, public transport, parking regulation, infrastructure development, and skills training among others. This project attempted to...
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Publication - Miscellaneous
IGC's work in Zambia
This publication documents ongoing work by the IGC in Zambia.
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Publication - Policy Brief
Financial incentive schemes in public health: Evidence from Sierra Leone
This brief explores findings from a field study of a community health programme in Sierra Leone seeking to understand how financial incentives can impact public service and public health outcomes. Sharing incentives equally between Community Health Workers (CHW) and their supervisors generates an increase in household health visits that is 61% larger than the...
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Publication - Project Report
Food security during pandemic times: Insights and perspectives from rural Bihar
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Publication - Project Report
Improving electricity services in Yemen
The public electricity system in Yemen is in a very poor condition. The war has damaged or destroyed generation capacity and transmission and distribution networks across the country. This report offers the following recommendations: Prioritise rehabilitation of generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure, based on a ranking of best return (MWs...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Subnational income, convergence, and the COVID-19 pandemic
This brief investigates the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on gross national income in Pakistan and its districts. To address the lack of available data, we developed a machine-learning algorithm that can predict economy activity in real time by leveraging administrative, night-light, and other real-time data. Urban districts in Pakistan drove the slow-down in...
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Publication - Synthesis paper
Sudan in the global economy: Opportunities for integration and inclusive growth (Arabic)
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Publication - Policy Brief
Exchange rate reform in Sudan (Arabic)
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Publication - Working Paper
Fiscal federalism in Sudan (Arabic)
Arabic version of the 'Fiscal federalism in Sudan' working paper.