CGP

Theme/Relevant Ministry: GOVERNANCE/ EDUCATION: P&D Board and Education department, Balochistan Project Brief: In the wake of devolution of education to provinces through the 18th Constitutional Amendment, there has been a noticeable increase in public allocation and spending on school education. Moreover, certain reforms have been introduced in education planning, management and monitoring. These measures have enhanced […]

Theme/Relevant Ministry: ECONOMIC GROWTH:M/o Finance; Finance departments (all provinces); M/o PDSI; P&D Boards (all provinces) Project Brief: This project uses multiple sources of publicly accessible remotely sensed satellite data as the primary source for estimating Pakistan’s Regional Domestic Product (RDP) at the city level. In the absence of a formal System of Regional Accounts (SRA)

Theme/Relevant Ministry: TAX POLICY/ ADMINISTRATION:M/o Finance; FBR Project Brief: Pakistan’s tax regime heavily relies on indirect taxes that constitute 60 percent of total tax receipts. This research assess who bears how much burden of these taxes. This research examines the extent of overall incidence and the distributional burden of General Sales Tax (GST), levied at domestic

Theme/Relevant Ministry: URBAN TRANSPORT:M/o Communication; Transport Department (Punjab); Punjab Mass- Transit Authority; M/o PDSI Project Brief: Rapid urbanization and migration towards Lahore are causing inadequacy in the public service delivery; most notably the public transport The Lahore Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) is the first light rail mass transit project of Pakistan to cater the

Theme/Relevant Ministry: GOVERNANCE/ LOCAL GOVERNMENT:M/o IPC; M/o PDSI; M/o Health; P&D Board and Health department Balochistan Project Brief: The paper aims to investigate the impacts of decentralisation on health in Balochistan: How decentralisation has been [in]effective in improving (worsening) the overall healthcare services in the province. Decentralisation is seen through the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award

Theme/Relevant Ministry: WATER GOVERNANCE:M/o Water Resources; M/o National Food Security & Research; Provincial Agricultural Departments Project Brief: The ongoing transboundary water conflicts in the Kabul River Basin (KRB) are narrowly conceptualised in terms of quantitative water distributions leading to win-lose situations, which are exacerbated due to ongoing insurgencies, climate change, growing industrialization, and urbanization. The

Theme/Relevant Ministry: AGRICULTURE POLICY/ COTTON:M/o Food Security; PARC/NARC; Agricultural Departments Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan Project Brief: Pakistan having an agro-based economy relies on agriculture sector for the provision of raw material. The cotton crop not only shares 0.6 percent to gross domestic product but also contributes 70% to export earnings of the country. Yet, during last

Theme/Relevant Ministry: GOVERNANCE:M/o IT; M/o S&T; PMDU; CM Office KP province; S&T and IT department KP Project Brief: This research attempts to investigate how digitization is affecting bureaucratic efficiency, transparency and inclusivity in public service delivery in education and health in KP. It attempts to do so from the perspective of public service providers, i.e.,

Theme/Relevant Ministry: TAX POLICY:M/o Finance; FBR Project Brief: This paper examines the impact of political influence on trade protection in Pakistan. Using the classic Grossman-Helpman model with an innovative dataset on political influence and trade protectionism, it examines determinants of trade policy. We use a granular dataset on political connections including trade associations, parliamentarians and

Theme/Relevant Ministry: URBAN TRANSPORT:Transport Department (Sindh, Punjab); CDA (ICT); M/o PDSI Project Brief: Public transport is vital for socioeconomic development as it allows citizens to access opportunities, including, markets, social interaction, education, and other services, enabling them to rise out of poverty and overcome social exclusion. However, Pakistan lacks a decent and affordable public transport