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Research Plan
| i) WTO (Post Doha) and Regional Trade Agreements Opportunities and Perils for Pakistan’s Agriculture | To identify different constraints (SPS, AOA etc) face Agriculture’s trade of Pakistan and to analyze Regional Trade Agreements which at the same time posses both opportunities and Perils. | Usman Mustafa , MirajUl Haq and Iftikhar Ahmad | PIDE | June, 2009 | |
| ii) Environmental Fiscal Reform in Abbottabad: Drinking Water. | To promote sustainable economic development in Pakistan. Identify the tax structure which helps in conserving our environment. To estimate poverty and safe drinking water availability. | Usman Mustafa , MirajUl Haq and Iftikhar Ahmad | PPIDE/IUCN | June, 2009 | |
| iii) An Analysis of the Economic Costs of Conflict and its Socio Demographic Causes and Implications for Pakistan | To contribute a research-based discourse on conflict and violence and their causes in Pakistan which can enable policy formation and implementation through public/private partnerships, and be disseminated in a variety of ways including through the media | Usman Mustafa, G. M. Arif, and Sofia Mumtaz | British High Commission/PIDE | Dec, 2009 | |
| iv) Impact of Agricultural Loan on Farmers Income and Crop Productivities | To assess impact of Bank’s initiative of different agricultural loaning and to calculate its impacts on farmer income, crop productivity and on overall economy. | Syed Abdul Majid and Usman Mustafa | PIDE | Dec, 2010 | |
| v) Environmental Fiscal Reform in Abbottabad: Solid Waste Management | To promote sustainable economic development in Pakistan. Identify the tax structure which helps in conserving our environment. To estimate poverty, and solid waste management. | Usman Mustafa , MirajUl Haq and Iftikhar Ahmad | Sep, 2009 | ||
| vi) Environmental Fiscal Reform in Abbottabad: Decentralization | To promote sustainable economic development in Pakistan. To review the decentralization process in Pakistan in general and specifically in Abbottabad. To recommend policy recommendation for an effective implementation of EFR. | Usman Mustafa | PIDE | Dec, 2009 | |
| vii) Environmental Fiscal Reform in Abbottabad: Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Conservation | To promote sustainable economic development in Pakistan. To review the decentralization process in Pakistan in general and specifically in Abbottabad. To recommend policy recommendation for an effective implementation of EFR. | Usman Mustafa | PIDE/IUCN | Dec, 2009 | |
| viii) Willingness to pay for solid waste management (A case study of district Abbottabad) IUCNPIDE Project | To analysis House Holds, presumption, practices and their willingness to pay for solid waste management. How much they are willing to pay for improved solid waste management services? | Usman Mustafa, Iftikhar Ahmad and Miraj ul Haq | IUCN/PIDE | Dec, 2009 | |
| ix) Public Demand for Safe Drinking Water (A case study of District Peshawar) | To analyze the gap between demand and supply for safe drinking water in district Peshawar. To measure HHs ability & their willingness to Pay (WTP) for improved water services and quality. To highlight issues and factors influencing WTP in different location (rural, urban) of the district. Propose policy recommendations. | Iftikhar Ahmad, Miraj ul Haq and Abdul Sattar | PIDE | Dec, 2009 | |
| x) Consumer Perception, practices Willingness to pay and Analysis of existing laws for safe Drinking Water in Pakistan | To analyse the HH’s perception and demand for safe drinking water and the role of existing laws in environmental conservation in Pak. | Usman Mustafa, Miraj ul Haq and Iftikhar Ahmad | PIDE | Oct, 2009 |
