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

International Experts

Shandana Khan

PhD (Development Studies), Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK | MA (Governance and Development), Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK | BA (Hons) (Political Science and Economics), McGill University, Canada Dr. Shandana Khan Mohmand is a social scientist with over two decades of research experience at the intersection of inequality, inclusive […]

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Adeel Malik

DPhil (Economics), University of Oxford, UK Adeel Malik is a development macroeconomist with a strong multi-disciplinary orientation. His research engages with questions of long-run development, political economy and economic history, with a special focus on Muslim societies. His work combines quantitative and qualitative research methods. Apart from engaging with cross-country empirics on development, he is

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Izzah Aftab

PhD (Economics), The New School, New York City, USA | MA (Economics), The New School New York City, USA | MS (Public Policy), Beaconhouse National University Izza Aftab is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Beaconhouse National University (BNU) Lahore. She was the founding Chairperson of the Economics Department at ITU Lahore. She was also

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Murtaza Haider

PhD (Civil Engineering), University of Toronto, Canada | MASc (Civil Engineering) University of Toronto, Canada Murtaza Haider is a professor of Data Science and Real Estate Management at Ryerson University. He also serves as the research director of the Urban Analytics Institute, external link. Professor Haider holds an adjunct professorship of Engineering at McGill University,

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Sultan Mehmood

PhD (Economics), University of Paris | Masters (Public Policy and Development), University of Paris | MSc (Economics & Econometrics), Tilburg University, The Netherlands Sultan Mehmood is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the New Economic School, Moscow. He is also a faculty research fellow at Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP), Pakistan Institute of

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David Orden

PhD (Economics), University of Minnesota, USA | MS (Agricultural Economic), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA | BS (Agricultural Economics), Cornell University, USA David Orden is known for his research and policy programs on the economics and political economy of agricultural domestic support, international trade negotiations, and technical barriers to trade. He was Deputy

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