Nasir Iqbal

Associate Professor

About Me

For the past fourteen years, I have worked in the areas of trade, governance, development and the design and implementation of social protection programs. I am currently an Associate Professor at PIDE. In the past, I led the research wing of Pakistan’s largest social protection program, BISP. I dealt with the design and implementation of macroeconomic models, socio-economic surveys, as well as quality assurance and data analysis of social protection programs.

Area of Interest:
Social Protection, Poverty and Migration

Area of Specialization:
Trade, Poverty, Governance, Design and Policy Specialist, Social Protection

Education:

PhD Economics, PIDE, Pakistan

Contact Me

0519248085

[email protected]

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

Social Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7454-5228

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nasir-Iqbal-2

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=x9gJEKcAAAAJ

https://ideas.repec.org/e/piq13.html

Contribution to PIDE Research

A Manifesto for Reform

January 2024

Our Portals

Our Portals

Nasir Iqbal

About Me

Contact Me

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Contribution to PIDE Research

A Manifesto for Reform

Message from Reformistan

Enhancing Electoral Trust for Economic Stability

Fixing fiscal policy

Charter of power

Path to prosperity: budget priorities

Wheat Support Price: A Note for Policymakers (Policy)

A Review of Accountability Systems: Learning from Best Practices (Policy)

The Socio-economic Analysis of the Street Economy in the Twin Cities of Pakistan (Article)

A Review of Accountability Systems: Learning from Best Practices

Legalizing street business

Evaluating the Short Run and Long Run Impacts of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Food-Seeking Behaviour: New Insights from BISP, Pakistan (Article)

Business of the street

Food Subsidies Programs In Pakistan: A Review

Political economics

Economics of Political Strikes

A new economic model

Fiscal Federalism

The Spatial Effects of Road Infrastructure on Employment in Pakistan: Quantifying the Role of Complementary Factors (Article)

The State of Poverty in Pakistan

Fiscal Federalism in Pakistan: Need for a Revisit

Role of the Middleman & Neglected Aspects

Education is key

Employment policy

Policy Framework for Vaccinating All

Using Cash Transfer Programs to Get Children Back to School from Work

Enrolment matters

COVID-19, Irregular Migration and Asymmetrical Dependency

How To Address The Gender Gap In Pakistan?

National Poverty Estimates 2018

Let’s Have a New Discussion on Poverty Estimates (P & R Vol.2 Issue 4)

Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Wheat and Inflation (P & R Vol.2 Issue 4)

The Quaid’s Economic Model

Wheat price game

Pakistan Needs A Market-Based Solution To The Recurring Wheat Crises

Tax Policies for Growth (P & R Vol.1 Issue 3)

Economic Cost of Political Conflict (P & R Vol.1 Issue 3)

Rent-seeking Opportunities and Economic Growth in Transitional Economies (P & R Vol.1 Issue 3)

Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth Role of Democratic Institutions

Irregular Migration During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Wheat Support Price: A Note For Policy Makers

Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Wheat and Inflation

Cost of protest

The Economic Cost of Political Protests

Protecting the Internal Migrant Workers (P & R Vol.1 Issue 1)

COVID-19 AND REMITTANCES (P & R Vol.1 Issue 1)

Are we ready to reap CPEC benefits?

Moving Up The Energy Ladder: The Impact Of Bisp Cash Transfers On Fuel Choices

CPEC: Phases and Challenges (Blog)

National Poverty Estimates 2018 19

Cost of corona

Caring for the poor

Sustainable housing

Doing taxes better

Tax Policies for Growth (Blog)

Let’s Have A New Discussion on Poverty Estimates (Blog)

Covid-19 and Pakistan’s Economy Recovery Scenarios for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021

Measuring the Impact of Remittances on Housing Demand: Evidence from Large Cities in Pakistan

CPEC: phases and challenges (The News)

Estimating poverty

Economic cost of political conflict (Blog)

Time for a rethink

Determinants of Expansion of Micro and Small Firms and State of Entrepreneurship in Pakistan

Streamlining the EAC

Ten million jobs

Our safety nets

Determinants of Housing Demand in Urban Areas of Pakistan: Evidence from the PSLM

Institutions and Innovation: Evidence from Countries at Different Stages of Development

Institutional poverty

Spatial Differences and Socioeconomic Determinants of Health Poverty

The optimal level

Getting regional trade right in Central Asia

Pakistan’s Bilateral Trade under MFN and SAFTA: Do Institutional and Non-Institutional Arrangements Matter?