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2023

Apr

Organizational Effectiveness and Tax Compliance in Punjab

CDPR Newsletter April 2023

Mar

Administrative Data and Methadologies for Tax Policy

CDPR Newsletter March 2023

Feb

Informing the Design of a Conditional Cash Transfer to Improve Mother and Child Health Outcomes in Sindh

CDPR Newsletter February 2023

Jan

Rebuilding the Social Compact: Urban Service Delivery and Property Taxes in Pakistan

CDPR Newsletter January 2023

2022

Dec

2022 Year-in-Review

CDPR Newsletter December 2022

Nov

Impact of Covid-19 on Fresh Produce Supply Chains

CDPR November Newsletter 2022

Oct

Reforming Pakistanâ€™s Taxes for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

CDPR Newsletter October 2022

Sep

Recent Developments in Climate Finance

Newsletter September 2022

Aug

The Path to a Succesful Pakistan

Newsletter August 2022

Jun

Financing Sustainable Tourism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Newsletter June 2022

May

Mobilizing Women Voters: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan

Newsletter May 2022

2021

Nov

How Has Punjab’s Education Sector Performed?

Aug

Unleashing the Potential of Pharmaceuticals in Pakistan

Jun

Improving planning to address Balochistan’s development challenges

Apr

Unlocking Pakistanâ€™s Income Tax Potential

Jan

Sales Tax on Services – A Key Revenue Source

2020

Dec

Improving Urban Service Delivery Through Urban Property Taxes In Pakistan

Sep

Utilizing Sales Tax on Services for Growth in Pakistan

Jul

Bringing About Lasting Innovation in Retail During Covid-19

Jun

The Public Sector and The Section 42 Model

May

Dense urban surroundings and the spread of COVID-19

May 15, 2020

Apr

Covid-19 Special Collection

April 18. 2020

Mar

The state of special education in Pakistan

March 27, 2020

Technology and Growth in Pakistan

March 09, 2020

2019

Dec

How well do we understand the causes of air pollution in Pakistan?

Dec 06, 2019

Sep

Taxation Methods to Increase Revenue

September 19 , 2019

Are schools in Punjab giving quality education?

September 06 , 2019

Aug

Faith in the State: Overcoming the failure to deliver public goods in Pakistan

August 29, 2019

An evaluation of education reforms in Punjab: improving access and participation in schools

August 23, 2019

Creating awareness for better health outcomes in Pakistan

August 08 , 2019

Improving tax enforcement in Pakistan

August , 01, 2019

Jul

Stabilization for Growth

July 25, 2019

Restructuring Pakistan’s Economy

July 18, 2019

Improving urban governance

July 11, 2019

Should discretion in deciding promotions be allowed in Pakistan’s bureaucracies?

July 04, 2019

Jun

Integrating Pakistan’s garment sector into global value chains

June 27, 2019

Analyzing the latest budget and Pakistan’s growth trajectory

June 20, 2019

Setting Pakistan onto a higher growth trajectory in today’s global environment

June 13, 2019

May

Ensuring inclusion to overcome social marginalization in Pakistan

May 30, 2019

Ensuring inclusion to overcome social marginalization in Pakistan

May 30, 2019

Improving urban management to boost GDP growth in Pakistan

May 23, 2019

How indiscriminate load-shedding in Karachi resulted in lack of trust in government institutions

May 16, 2019

Understanding the link between import tariffs and exports

May 09, 2019

Understanding challenges to women’s integration into the workforce

May 03, 2019

Apr

How do Third Tier Organisations (TTOs) help fulfill unmet community needs?

April 25, 2019

IMF: A panacea for all ailments?

April 12, 2019

Aligning civil service promotions with performance

April 04, 2019

Mar

What does affordable housing really mean?

March 28, 2019

Political Inclusivity: Increasing Female Voter Turnout in Pakistan

March 14, 2019

Revisiting Green Growth in Developing Countries

March 07, 2019

Boosting Punjab’s agricultural productivity through technology

March 01, 2019

Feb

How governments can use the postings of bureaucrats to improve their performance

February 22, 2019

How conflict affects management practices of firms in Pakistan

February 14, 2019

Is educational performance of girls better than boys in Punjab?

Feb 07, 2019

Jan

Improving social protection in Pakistan

January 30, 2019

Improving Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio

January 25, 2019

Need to integrate sports in the urban landscape of Pakistan

January 18, 2019

Inclusive governance and sustainable development in Gwadar city

January 11, 2019

A snapshot of Punjab’s education reforms

January 03, 2019

2018

Dec

2018: Looking back at key developments

December 27, 2018

Untapping the agricultural potential of Gilgit-Baltistan

December 20, 2018

Providing blanket subsidies versus direct cash transfers for protecting the poor

December 12, 2018

How mismanagement of water resources has led to water scarcity in Pakistan

December 06, 2018

Nov

The link between poor sanitation practices in rural Pakistan and child stunting

November 28, 2018

Gender norms and women’s labour force participation in Pakistan

November 22, 2018

How intra-household consumption decisions are affected by the demand for agency

November 15, 2018

How new data sources have the potential for improving refugee relief efforts

November 07, 2018

Overcoming the breakdown of urban public transport delivery in Pakistan

November 01, 2018

Oct

Incentives for tax collection in Pakistan

October 25, 2018

The potential of Third Tier Organisations (TTOs) to eradicate poverty in Pakistan

October 18, 2018

The role of civil society organisations in countering incidents of child abuse in Pakistan

October 10, 2018

Integrating internally displaced populations (IDPs) of Pakistan back into society

October 03, 2018

Sep

Improving development outcomes in Pakistan through better allocation of public finance

September 27, 2018

How incentives are the principal determinant of corruption in society

September 19, 2018

Will Pakistan seek another IMF loan?

September 13, 2018

Mainstreaming FATA

September 06, 2018

Aug

Bolstering philanthropic giving in Pakistan

Aug 29, 2018

To Adopt or Not to Adopt That is the Question: An Environmental and Economic Case for Zigzag Kilns

August 15, 2018

Decentralized electric power delivery for rural electrification in Pakistan

August 08, 2018

Analysis: Upcoming challenges for the new government

August 1, 2018

Jul

Special Edition: Analysing the 2018 Election

Achieving sustainable development in Pakistan through the Roadmap approach

Jul 12, 2018

How Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can bolster Pakistan’s economy

Jul 05, 2018

Jun

Social protection in Pakistan’s informal economy

June 27, 2018

What Punjab’s industrial policy should be in light of CPEC

June 20, 2018

Challenges of increasing renewable energy in Pakistan’s energy mix

June 13, 2018

How power shortfall is impacting Pakistan’s economy

June 06, 2018

May

Moving Pakistan’s economy forward through garments export

May 30, 2018

Improving regional stability through trade with Afghanistan

May 23, 2018

Net metering: An innovative solution to Pakistan’s power crisis

May 18, 2018

Investing in Pakistan’s youth for a brighter future

3 May, 2018

Apr

Women in the economy: Persisting constraints, Innovative Solutions

April 25, 2018

Using big data in Pakistan

April 11, 2018

Bringing firm growth and productivity into policy discourse

April 4, 2018

Mar

FATA reforms: An alternate view

March 28, 2018

Citizen Trust in Police: A Puzzling Paradox

March 21, 2018

Filling in data gaps for Punjab’s non-manufacturing economic activity

March 15, 2018

Pakistani firms: management practices and productivity

March 2, 2018

Feb

Evidence-based policy-making in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Feb 16, 2018

Pakistan’s water crisis: a ticking time bomb

Feb 9, 2018

Drive cautiously down China’s Belt and Road

Feb 3, 2018

Jan

What it will take to end “smog seasons”

Jan 26, 2018

What really matters in exchange rates

Jan 20, 2018

Understanding low trust in the police and the steps needed to rebuild it

Jan 12, 2018

2017

Dec

CDPR 2017 in Review

Dec 21, 2017

Can bonus schemes improve the effectiveness of government field workers in agriculture?

Dec 14, 2017

Understanding the non-farming rural economy

Dec 8, 2017

Nov

Understanding women’s political preferences

Nov 30, 2018

CPEC is a wake up call to invigorate Pakistan’s agriculture

Nov 23, 2017

Urbanisation, crime, and policing in Punjab and Lahore

Nov 16, 2017

Why pro-growth tax revenue is best raised through tax enforcement, not tax increases

Nov 2, 2017

Oct

Why are there less women in Pakistan than expected?

Oct 26, 2017

Fresh insights on the garments sector to accelerate economic growth and job creation

Oct 12, 2017

How travel grants for landless farmers can fight seasonal hunger and benefit rural economies

Oct 4, 2017

Sep

Insights and anomalies on Pakistan’s urban population growth

Sep 22, 2017

How Chinese Foreign Direct Investment can accelerate Pakistan’s economic growth

Sep 15, 2017

How should we understand Pakistan’s emerging middle class?

Nov 9, 2017

Key facts about Pakistan’s export-oriented firms

Sep 8, 2017

Land rights for urban development

1 Sep, 2017

Aug

How researchers are finding solutions to Pakistanâ€™s urban challenges

Aug 25, 2017

How do policymakers respond to evidence?

Aug 18, 2017

Pakistan is paying a high price for training programs that leave civil servants ill-prepared

Aug 11, 2017

Does fixating on accountability solely at the highest levels of government miss Pakistan’s bigger corruption problem?

Aug 4, 2017

Jul

Do dynastic politicians spend less on development? What evidence from the 2010 floods tells us

July 28, 2017

Individual vs. collective voting in Lahore

July 20, 2017

Interview with Madiha Afzal: How does education influence views about terrorism in Pakistan?

July 14, 2017

What you need to know about community organizations to better engage them

July 6, 2017

Jun

Low-income women do not spend as impulsively as major studies suggest

June 30, 2017

Punjab is changing how it trains teachers, will it work?

June 23, 2017

How farmers lose substantially from inefficient irrigation

June 8, 2017

May

The Panama Papers case distracts Pakistan from the troubling realities of its legal system

May 31, 2017

Has GSP plus status improved Pakistan’s garments exports?

May 25, 2017

Machine politics and citizen voice aggregation

May 17, 2017

Historical amnesia and a prolonged energy crisis

May 12, 2017

Overcoming barriers to women’s mobility through gender-equal public transport

May 3, 2017

Apr

Devolution and tax performance: How the provinces compare

April 26, 2017

The historical tensions that shaped modern Pakistan

April 21, 2017

Election 2018 Political Attitudes Survey in Lahore

April 6, 2017

Mar

Public policy and urbanisation: progress and shortfalls

March 29, 2017

What we still don’t know about the lawyers movement ten years later

March 22, 2017

Pakistan’s trade potential is grounded in history and geography

March 15, 2017

Why women’s empowerment drives economic development

March 8, 2017

Why technology is no cure-all for the health sector

1 March, 2017

Why technology is no cure-all for the health sector

1 March, 2017

Feb

What’s ailing Pakistan’s local democracy, and how can we fix it?

Feb 22, 2017

An archaic system with little transparency

Feb 15, 2017

Measuring empathy to fight intolerance

Feb 8, 2017

What does Donald Trump mean for Pakistan?

Feb 1, 2017

Jan

The trouble with Pakistan’s budget

Jan 25, 2017

Preparing for Pakistan’s urban future

Jan 16, 2017

Pakistan Development Newsletter

Jan 9, 2017

2016

Dec

15 change that shaped Pakistanâ€™s development in 2015

Friday, December 30, 2016

Nov

Income tax filers and non-filers: Data and analysis

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Are students getting value for education?

Monday, November 7, 2016

How Pakistan can avoid an unemployment crisis

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Oct

How entrepreneurship strengthens civil society

Monday, October 24, 2016

Poverty is down, so why aren’t people better off?

Monday, October 17, 2016

A minimum wage for private school teachers?

Monday, October 10, 2016

Comprehensive study of education system to begin

Monday, October 4, 2016

Sep

What will future employment look like?

Monday, September 26, 2016

What Pakistan education agenda leaves out

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

This is what makes firms productive

Monday, September 12, 2016

The Orange Line and pro-poor politics

Monday, September 5, 2016

Aug

Can cash transfers reduce poverty in Pakistan?

Monday, August 29, 2016

Evidence public sector jobs are used for political favors

Monday, August 22, 2016

Providing social protection to informal labour

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

A salve for Pakistan’s energy shortfall

Monday, August 8, 2016

Why vigilantism thrives when institutions are weak

Monday, August 1, 2016

Jul

How Pakistan’s best institutions work

Monday, July 25, 2016

What the West can learn from Asia

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

A mid-year roundup of our best analysis

Wednesday, July 05, 2016

Jun

What does Brexit mean for the poor?

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

How Pakistan can avoid an unemployment crisis

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

What the new budget means for agriculture

Wednesday, June 16, 2016

Karachi messy path to world class status

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Why entry exams hurt learning

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

May

How to put demotivated polio vaccinators to work

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

A forecasting tool for Punjab’s budget

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Four ideas influencing policy in Punjab

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Children’s health suffers from missing information

Thursday, May 06, 2016

Apr

Why a bronze-medal tax policy could be gold for Pakistan

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Mar

How can KP reap benefits from the ‘youth bulge’?

Monday, March 28, 2016

How Lahore’s fractured politics breeds inequality

Friday, March 18, 2016

Feb

How KP can generate revenue to meet growth targets

Thursday, February 25, 2016

How will we meet the Sustainable Development Goals?

Thursday, February 04, 2016

Jan

What to take away from Middle East’s development success

Wednesday, January 26, 2016

What to take away from Middle East’s development success

Wednesday, January 26, 2016

Punjab government is busier, but are people’s lives better?

Wednesday, January 19, 2016

Punjab government is busier, but are people’s lives better?

Wednesday, January 19, 2016

2015

Dec

What can Pakistan learn from Bangladesh in primary health care?

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

How can cities drive economic growth in Pakistan?

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Can PPPs improve the quality of public schools?

Friday, December 04, 2015

Nov

You can’t beat a turtle to move

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Overcoming urban congestion and crime to drive economic growth

Friday, November 06, 2015

Oct

How can we make cities work for development?

Monday, October 26, 2015

Why the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank should be different

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Getting teachers to teach in KP

Friday, October 09, 2015

Public Expenditure Series #1: Improve expenditure priorities, strengthen fiduciary oversight and increase tax revenue to meet development needs.

Monday, October 05, 2015

Sep

India Pakistan Income Difference: Interpreting the Evidence correctly

September 23, 2015

Aug

What the evidence says on political violence in Pakistan

Monday, August 24, 2015

The other side of the story: Comparing India-Pakistan growth outcomes

Monday, August 17, 2015

Taxation series # 1: Is the middle class actually the most burdened?

Wednesday, August 11, 2015

CDPR Research

Wednesday, August 04, 2015

Apr

Unlocking economic growth in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Monday, April 13, 2015

Feb

Is privatization the solution to PIA ills?

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Jan

New IGC Pakistan film on tax collectors

Monday, January 19, 2015