RASTA – PIDE & Planning Commission Competitive Research Grants

Competitive Grants Programme for Policy-oriented Research

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives

CGP

Impact of the Land Record Management Information System (LRMIS) on Land Related Corruption in Government Administration and Management Departments: A Quasi-Natural Experiment in Punjab, Pakistan

Team Details: SAQIB HUSSAIN Researcher KDI School of Public Policy and Management, South Korea (PI)   Theme/Relevant Ministry: PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT: Agriculture Department, Government of Punjab Project Brief: Does the digitization of land records reduce corruption in the land administration department? is a main question that I aim to answer through this research. Employing a […]

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The Effects of a Tax -Financed Government Spending

Team Details: SYED ZAHID ALI Professor Lahore university of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore (PI)    Theme/Relevant Ministry: TAXATION/ FISCAL MANAGEMENT: Federal Board of Revenue of Pakistan/State Bank of Pakistan Project Brief: In this paper, I developed a closed economy DSGE model which features Ricardian and Non-Ricardian consumers, supply side effects of both government expenditures and taxes,

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A Study on Implications of Gender Gap in Digital Financial Literacy and Financial Inclusion for Women Entrepreneurs in Punjab, Pakistan

Team Details: TAHIRA SADAF Assistant Professor University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (PI)   ASGHAR ALI Associate Professor University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Co PI)   NAZIA TABASAM Lecturer University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Co PI)   Theme/Relevant Ministry: BUSINESS, INVESTMENT AND EXPORTS: Board of Investment Project Brief: Financial inclusion of women and men using digital literacy may help

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A Dynamic CGE-SLUDGE Framework for Pakistan

Team Details: MUHAMMAD ZESHAN Research Fellow Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad (PI)   HADIA RAFIQUE Researcher PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi (Research Associate)   Theme/Relevant Ministry: PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT: Board of Investment Project Brief: In the absence of a general equilibrium framework, the sectorial costs of the sludge economy might be underestimated because they

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Effect of Firm’s Big Data Analytics Capability on Competitive Advantage: Mediating Effect of Business Model Innovation and Moderating Effect of Environmental Uncertainty

Team Details:   BILAL AHMAD KHAN Assistant Professor Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad (PI)   FIZZA KHAN Assistant Professor National University of Science & Technology (NUST), Islamabad (Co PI)   MEHWISH IFTIKHAR Assistant Professor National University of Science & Technology (NUST), Islamabad (Co PI)   MUHAMMAD IMRAN QURESHI Senior Lecturer Teesside University, UK (Co PI)

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Agenda of Tax Reform

Team Details: HAFIZ PASHA Professor Emeritus Beaconhouse National University, Lahore (PI) HAFSA TANVEER Head of Department, Department of Economics, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore (Co PI) FATIMA MALIK Assistant Professor Beaconhouse National University, Lahore (Co PI) Theme/Relevant Ministry: TAXATION/ FISCAL MANAGEMENT: Federal Board of Revenue of Pakistan Project Brief: The tax project would present a detailed

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Sobia Khurram

PhD (Business Administration and Management) University of Stirling, UK Sobia Khurram is serving as a Professor of Management Sciences at the University of Punjab in Lahore. Her research interests include areas of tax administration reforms with special focus on autonomy and accountability and anti-corruption reforms. She teaches BS, Masters, MPhil and PhD students in Management,

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Nooreen Mujahid

PhD (Economics), University of Karachi, Karachi Nooreen Mujahid is currently serving as the Director of the Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC). Earlier, she served as Chairperson of the Department of Economics, University of Karachi and an Additional Directing Staff at the National Institute of Management (NIM) Karachi (deputation). Her interests are Labor Economics, Gender and

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Alternate Use of Public Assets: A Case Study of Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad

Theme/Relevant Ministry: DEAD CAPITAL FBR; M/o Finance Project Brief: This case study aims to analyze the economic potential of the under-utilized assets at the regional offices of the Allama Iqbal Open University. As the operational and academic activities of the AIOU are now being digitalized, the assets (land, buildings, staff, IT labs etc.) deployed in

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