Economic Growth & Employment

• RAPID
• Opportunities to Excel
• Growth Diagnostics for Pakistan

Fiscal Policy & Taxation

• Tax Reform & Simplification
• Doing Development Better
• Fiscal Federalism in Pakistan

Monetary Policy & Inflation

• Inflation Analytics
• Currency Crises
• Undervalued Exchange Rate Policy
• Pass Through
• Sacrifice Ratio

Public Sector Efficiency & Reform

• Perk Rich, Cash Poor
• Civil Service Reform

Sludge: The Cost of Bureaucracy

• Cost of NOCs, Permissions, Documentations etc
• 50+ activities costed

Market Development & Regulations

• Wheat & Sugar Deregulation
• Commodity Markets Manual
• Real Estate Market Development

Foreign Aid Effectiveness

• Review of Development Partners
• Assessment of Donor-led Development Initiatives
• Complexities & Constraints in Managing Aid Processes

Population & Society

• Realizing the Demographic Dividend
• C-Section Epidemic
• Generational Economy

Understanding Social Capital

• Bonding, bridging & linking within and across the various
• social institutions

Cities as Engines of Growth

• Critique of Master Planning & City Zoning
• Construction of High Rise
• Housing Societies

Urban Mobility & Street Economy

• Street Economy
• Mobility, Cars & Cities
• Parking Regulations for CDA

Railways & SOEs

• Reorganization and Corporatization
• Track Access & Market Development
• Financing

Power Sector & Energy

• Power Sector Markets & Regulations
• Review of Reform
• Energy Security
• Demand for Energy & Efficiency

Poverty & Social Protection

• Annual Poverty Report
• Cash Transfers
• Sehat Sahulat: Communication Strategy
• Sehat Sahulat: Targeting the Beneficiaries
• Ehsaas & Domestic Violence

Education

• Evaluation of Schooling Streams (for M/o PD&SI)
• Technology Interventions (for M/o Education)
• Evaluation of NRPU, Scholarships, Innovation
• Index, & Tenure Track (for HEC)
• Regulating the Private School Vans (for ICT)

Evaluations

• NEPRA
• PEMRA
• OGRA
• DRAP
• Naya Pakistan Housing

Punjab Research Agenda (1/2)

• Punjab Growth Strategy 2023 (Mid Term Evaluation)
• Southern Punjab Poverty Alleviation Programme
• Human Capital Investment Programme
• Jobs and Competitiveness Programme
• Punjab Tourism for Economic Growth Programme
• Punjab Skills Development Fund

Punjab Research Agenda (2/2)

• Technical support to PERI in Socio-economics
• Research
• Reforming Human Resource Management
• Financially Sustainable Business Model for WASAs
• Danish Schools Development Program
• CM Punjab Laptop Scheme