Author: PIDE Blog

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in the Textile Industry – A Comparative Study of Pakistan and Bangladesh

Social Science Research: Do We Need to Dig Deeper?

SNC and My Right of Freedom to Choose?

Economics of Political Strikes

Roads – Wider Roads – Corridors – Signal-Free Highway and Then A Tale of Srinagar Highway

Spending Public Money Where It Makes More Sense! Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Pakistan

Food Inflation: What Stimulates It In the Short-Run and the Long-Run?

Raising Revenues: Conditionality Meeting vs. Doing Taxes Better Approach

Sugar Sector and Sugar Reform in Pakistan

Why Pakistan Needs Large Firms?

The IMF Choice

What is the Size of the Government Footprint on Pakistan’s Economy?

The Mullah Led Development Model

Prices Matter! Inflation forecasts for Pakistan

Sentiment Analysis for COVID-19 National Vaccination Policy

Thoughts on Urban Resilience and Utility Services

Pakistan’s Policy Options to Make Trade Work for Environmental Sustainability

Institution-Building-The Philanthropic Approach

Illegal Housing Societies in Islamabad

PIDE’s Reform Agenda to Achieve Sustainable Growth in the Agriculture Sector

Pakistan’s Happy Taxpayers

Growth Amidst Debt?

Tax Gap, Compliance Cost and Optimal Taxation

Budget 2021-22: Where Do We Stand?

Pending Pakistan’s Revised Base Estimates of GDP and Measurement Issues in LSM

Can We have Internet For All?

RCET Policy: A Boon or A Bane for Pakistan?

Drawbacks of the Duty Drawback

Quality of Higher Education in Pakistan

Thinking Beyond Metrics in Higher Education

HEC and the Question of Higher Education

Resolve to Revive Our Textile Sector

Pay Indexation in Pakistan

It Is High Time We Revisited the NFC Awards in Pakistan

An Apology to the Youth of Pakistan from the Older Generation

Approaches to HR and Bringing Change in Organizations

PIDE’s Growth Reform Agenda

Should Pakistan Shift to a Proportional Representation Electoral System?

Street Vending and Survival of the Underprivileged

Investigation of Livestock Value Chain: Constraints and Policy Implications

Finding Meaningfulness in Indicators of Country Level Ranking Reports

How to increase exports for Pakistan’s sustainable economic growth?

The FATF’s ‘Do More’

Ageing in Pakistan: A Curse or Blessing?

Understanding Violence and Social Order

Transforming India’s Agriculture Sector for Achieving Global Competitiveness

Real Estate Myths in Pakistan and the Truth Behind Them

How digital we are?

Disposal of Excess Food Regulation 2019: A Glaring Hope in Post-COVID Pakistan

Making Sense of Remittance Growth in the Time of COVID-19

Pakistan’s NTMs: Challenges At the Border for Importers

Lahore’s Urban Dilemma

The Quaid’s Economic Model

Pakistan Railways: Why not on Rails? A Revisit

CTBCM: Delusion of a Market

What Paradigm Shifts Are Required Within Pakistan’s Tax Policy?

Is Pakistan Doing Taxes the Right Way During Pandemic?

Is the Street Economy A Panacea for post-COVID Recovery?

Debt is a Problem for Us, Growth is the Solution

Pakistan’s Fatal Conceit of State Economic Interventions

Pakistan Railways – Why not on Rails?

Pakistan Steel Mills: A Cortege to Collapse

Why SROs Seem Quite the Brainteaser for Pakistan’s External Sector

Exchange Rate – Overshoot, Readjust and Overvalued

Irregular Migration During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Is It Time to Close Our Schools or Not – COVID 19 and Our Future Learning

Cities Pay Taxes

Pakistan Needs Its Own Magna Carta

Circular Economy: A Need for the 21st Century

Lower Tax Rates and Simplified Procedures – The Tax Directory Analysis 2018

Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Wheat and Inflation

There is Something About Exports: and It Is Productivity

The Economic Cost of Political Protests

Pakistan’s Power Sector Woes: Part III

Pakistan’s Low Cost Housing Finance Policy

Pakistan’s Power Sector Woes – Pt II

Barriers to Trade in the ECO Region: A Case of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs)

Pakistan’s Power Sector Woes – Pt I

State of Graduate Unemployment in Pakistan

State of Education in Pakistan

Public Transportation System and Female Mobility in Pakistan

Foreign Aid or Export-Led Growth?

Is Pakistan Prematurely Deindustrializing?

Flattening the Curve; Pensions This Time!

Do We Need Metro Bus System for Improving Female Mobility?

Need for Inclusive Education

Islamabad: A City for the Rich

Who Protects Our ‘Thought’ Industry?

Avoiding a Second Wave of COVID-19 Infections: Appeal to Other-regarding Preference

The Challenges of Pakistan’s National Tariff Policy

Primary Education in Pakistan

An Ad and a Postal Stamp!

Energy Productivity for Sustainable Development – Pt II

Ideas Matter?

Understanding the Textile Value Chain (TVC)

Energy Productivity for Sustainable Development – Pt I

A Local Economic Development Approach for Faisalabad

What is Holding Back Milk Production in Pakistan?
