CGP 1.0

Theme/Relevant Ministry:POLITICS & RURAL DEVELOPMENT:M/o PDSI; M/o Finance; ECNEC; Cabinet Division; National Assembly of Pakistan; The Senate of Pakistan Project Brief: Political dynasties are entrenched in Pakistan’s political system. Dynastic legislatures constitute more than 50% of elected politicians in Pakistan.  However, until recently, no scientific study was conducted to evaluate the economic performance of dynastic […]

Theme/Relevant Ministry: EDUCATION SECTOR:M/o Federal Education & Professional Training; Higher Education Commission; Ehsaas Program; Balochistan Education Department Project Brief: This study tries to investigate the short to medium term impact of government sponsored scholarships on undergrad students’ academic performance and other success outcomes. This study utilizes a difference-in-differences (DID) approach to estimate the impact of

Theme/Relevant Ministry: ENERGY/POWER SECTOR: M/o Power; NEPRA; Alternate Energy Development Board; NTDC; DISCOs Project Brief: Pakistan has faced under and over supply of electricity over the past decades. Historically Pakistan has faced a shortfall of upto 7000 MW but at present the country has 12000 MW of excess capacity even after meeting the peak summer demand.

Theme/Relevant Ministry: DUCATION SECTOR: M/o Federal Education & Professional Training; Sindh education department Project Brief: The focus of this study was to investigate public-private partnerships (PPPs) in education, in this instance by evaluating the Educational Management Organizations (EMOs) Program in Sindh, Pakistan. The study is guided by the research questions which were intended to evaluate

Theme/Relevant Ministry: ENERGY/POWER SECTOR: M/o Power; NEPRA; Alternate Energy Development Board; NTDC Project Brief: Micro/Mini Grids deployment offer an excellent opportunity to increase access to electricity and to improve the life quality of people of Pakistan and complement the economy thereof. The study is based on simulation and analysis based research methods, wherein the techno-economic evaluation

Theme/Relevant Ministry: INFORMAL ECONOMY/KHOKHA MARKETS: BISP; District Admin in Punjab, KP, Balochistan & ICT Project Brief: Khokhas are one of the key segments of informal economy in Pakistan. Khokhas provide jobs to many people and provide easy access to consumers for doing various types of transactions. However, on average one observes a very unorganized and shabby

Theme/Relevant Ministry: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: M/o PDSI; M/o Finance; ECNEC; Cabinet Division; Balochistan P&D Board and social sector departments Project Brief: Successive governments in Balochistan have failed to streamline the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) despite repeated directions from the High Court and Supreme Court to plan it in an effective manner. This study discusses how

Theme/Relevant Ministry: WATER GOVERNANCE:M/o Water Resources; M/o National Food Security & Research; Provincial Agricultural Departments Project Brief: Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) reforms was introduced to mitigate the inept management of the traditional irrigation bureaucracy. It was hypothesized that these reforms would leave a positive impact on crop productivity and enhance the distributional equity of water