Research Advisory Committee

Dr. Nasir Javed

MBA (with Focus on Urban Sector), University of Cardiff at Wales, UK | Bachelor of Laws(LLB), Karachi University | MCPS (Psychiatry), College of Physicisans and Surgeons Pakistan | MBBS, King Edward Medical College, Lahore Nasir Javed is an Urban Development Specialist with more than 25 years of cumulative & diverse experience of working as a […]

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Iftikhar Ahmed

Ph.D. (Economics) University of Kent, UK | M.Phil. (Economics) University of Peshawar | M.A. (Economics) University of Peshawar His main area of research is the public policy, public economics, local governance, fiscal federalism, SEZs and environmental valuation. Being placed at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) since 2007, he has good exposure to important policy

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Shujaat Farooq

Ph.D. (Economics) PIDE, Islamabad | M.A. (Economics) University of the Punjab, Lahore Shujaat Farooq has extensive experience in research and policy work in the diversified disciplines of economics i.e. poverty, education, labor and rural economy. He has been involved in various national policy formulations including rebasing of official poverty line, vision 2025 and National Socio

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Nasir Iqbal

Post-Doctorate, Duke University | Ph.D. (Economics) PIDE, Islamabad | M.A. (Economics) University of the Punjab, Lahore His area of specialization is trade, poverty, governance, design, policy and social protection. He has done his PhD in Economics. In past, he was heading the research wing of Pakistan’s largest social protection program, the Benazir Income Support Program

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Hadia Majid

Ph.D. (Development Economics) The Ohio State University, USA | M.A. (Economics) The Ohio State University, USA | M.S. (Economics) University of Warwick, UK | B.S. (Economics) LUMS, Lahore Hadia Majid is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at LUMS. Her research interests include economics of the household, parental decision-making, and human capital

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Asma Haider

Post-Doctorate (Development Economics and International Development), University of Pennsylvania | PhD (Economics), National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad | MPhil (Economics), Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad | MSc (Economics), University of Balochistan Asma Hyder remained Member (Social Sector), Planning Commission of Pakistan; Associate Professor, IBA, Karachi and NUST, Islamabad; Visiting Research Scholar and Professor

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Usman Ghani

Post-Doctorate, Gatton College of Business & Economics, University of Kentucky,USA | PhD , SZABIST, Islamabad With a Post Doctorate from the Gatton College of Business & Economics, University of Kentucky, USA, Usman is currently serving as the Director/Rector of the Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar. He has  over two decades of management and research experience

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Dr. Nadeem Javaid

PhD (Economics), Université Côte d’Azur, France | MS (Innovation & Industrial Dynamics) IAE Nice Graduate School of Management, France | Masters, (Economics) Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan | Bachelor of Arts (Economics, Statistics) Government College University, Lahore With 25 years of experience spanning policymaking, central banking, academia, and Business strategy, he has played a pivotal role

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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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