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Electric Pricing and Regulations
We need clarity on how the energy sector is being regulated and whether we have state of the art pricing and planning frameworks. NEPRA is the regulator of the sector and presumably of the pricing. Yet the ministries like to…
Roundtable on Foreign Aid to Pakistan – Part – 3 – Role of Development Partners in Collective Development Outcomes
Despite extensive debate on foreign aid over last six decades, the contribution that foreign aid can make to development is still contested. Pakistan appears to be an aid addicted country. Despite many promises, every successive government seeks multilateral and bilateral…
Civil Service Reforms (August 27,2020)
A large number of commissions, but there are no reforms, no analysis of perks and inefficiency of civil service? • Why compensation structure is demystified? Why is there no cost and benefit analysis of rewards? • Should be the specialist…
Cities for Humanity & Development
Metrolinx’s Chief Planning Officer and the executive lead overseeing a complex portfolio ranging from transit plannin_g, integrated design an benefitsmanagement. Stie is responsible for extracting public benefits and value from transit investments through evidence based long-range planning and design excellence.…
Financing the Social Protection
Targeting the ultra-poor: Issues and approaches., Financial requirements to provide social assistance to all., Government plans and financing options., Exploring the alternative financing possibilities.
PIDE Roundtables on Education – Day 5 : The National Unified Curriculum: What? Why?
Things to Discuss • Has any research been done on the system(apart from donors) that we can inform us on the issues that have been raised in this series? Is donor research enough? • What is the single national curriculum…
PIDE Roundtables on Education – Day 4 : Is Technology the Panacea and are we using it?
• COVID-19 has introduced us to online learning. Khan Academy has been around for about 20 years. Many claims have been made about online learning in Pakistan. But are we using it? • Will this allow greater permeation of education…
PIDE Roundtables on Education – Day 3 : Public Private Partnerships in Education
Education business has created many billionaires and also led to several worthwhile nonprofits like TCF. Private education has also filled o vacuum. Yet tensions on costs and quality remain. What are the issues? • Is this industry creating social mobility?…
PIDE Roundtables on Education – Day 2 : Role of Government in Education
Every government wants to be the education government. Are they mandated to run a centralized education • system? Or should local systems run by parents compete? • What happened to experiments Like Zia’s curriculum, Textbook boards, Danish schools and article…