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Theme/Relevant Ministry: AGRICULTURE MARKET:M/o Food Security; Agricultural Department AJ&K Project Brief: The research analyses the linkages between farm productivity and market participation in the presence of market access factor based on the hypothesis that households with more productivity tend to participate in the agriculture market having better market access against the null hypothesis. Mixed methods will […]

Theme/Relevant Ministry: CPEC:CPEC Authority; Gwadar Development Authority; Government of Balochistan Project Brief: Gwadar’s economic potential has become a center of debate in national and international media. However, less discussed are the people living there, especially the native communities who are mostly dependent on fishing as a source of livelihood. This study takes a people-centric approach

Theme/Relevant Ministry: INFORMAL ECONOMY/ KHOKHA MARKETS:Ehsaas Programme; ICT Administration; CDA; PM Office Project Brief: The study aims to provide an economic analysis of the street economy in the twin cities of Pakistan. The survey-based analysis of 1,863 fixed street vendors working in twin cities shows that lack of formal education and unemployment inclined individuals to choose street

Theme/Relevant Ministry: CLIMATE CHANGE/ ENERGY:M/o Climate Change; M/o Power; AEDB Project Brief: The study investigates the effects of urban design elements i.e. street canyon geometry (Canyon length, width, height, orientation, and SVF) and greenery on the urban microclimate using remote sensing and computational fluid dynamics-based techniques. The important conclusion derived from the current research can be

Theme/Relevant Ministry: DEMOCRACY/ ELECTIONS:Election Commission of Pakistan; PM Office; Federal Cabinet and Cabinet Division; NA & Senate Project Brief: This paper is an attempt to structure the ongoing debate around Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and election technology in Pakistan and ground the discourse in research, international best practices, and expert guidelines. EVMs have been used in

Theme/Relevant Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT/ CPEC:NAVTTC; PM Youth Development Initiative; CPEC Authority; Government of Balochistan Project Brief: The TVET system of Balochistan is highlighted to give starting point mapping of TVET skills for human resource planning in this study. The strength of skills mapping for human resource planning are based on these institutional frameworks of TVET system

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