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Nadia Mukhtar Unleashing the Potential of Pharmaceuticals in Pakistan

This study titled Unleashing the Potential of Pharmaceuticals in Pakistan is part of the Pakistan Business Council’s (PBC) Make-in-Pakistan initiative. PBC commissioned this study to Consortium for Development Policy Research (CDPR) with the the primary objective of helping formulate a set of policy recommendations to allow the sector to attain its true potential. This study, …


Bakhtiar Iqbal Improving Public Services: A Case Study of Two Section 42 (Not-For-Profit) Companies in Punjab

This policy brief is based on an IGC funded report “Leveraging Public Private Partnerships for Service Delivery: A Case Study of Section 42 (not-for-prot) Companies in Punjab”.


Sheheryar Khan Big Push for the Rural Economy

This policy brief is based on the IGC funded final impact evaluation report on the Big Push for The Rural Economy.


Attique ur Rehman and Usman Naeem Mapping Economic Activity in Rural Punjab

This policy brief is based on the IGC funded report “Development of an electronic database of Industrial and Commercial Activity and a Spatial Analysis of Small and Cottage Industries in Punjab, Pakistan”.


Ijaz Nabi Garments Exports, Job Creation, and Growth in Pakistan: The Way Forward

This policy brief is based on the IGC funded report “Implementing Policies for Competitive Garments Manufacturing”.


Zara Salman The Garments and Textiles Industry: Global Trends and Prospects for South Asia

This policy brief is based on the IGC study “Sectoral Productivity and Competitiveness”.


Zara Salman Key Global Developments Impinging on Pakistan’s Growth Prospects

This policy brief is based on an IGC funded study “Sectoral Productivity and Competitiveness”.


Hasaan Khawar CPEC and the Opportunity for Agriculture Sector

This policy note is written by Hasaan Khawar (CDPR Fellow) and is based on his articles published in The Express Tribune and on the research conducted by International Growth Centre on “Engagement with Punjab under CPEC: A Proposed Framework for Agriculture”.


Turab Hussain Development of Revised SME Policy for Pakistan

The SME sector in Pakistan employs around 80% of non-agricultural labour force and significantly contributes to the value-addition in manufacturing, total exports, and the country’s GDP. Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority’s (SMEDA) 2007 SME policy attempted to provide support to the SME sector in terms of easing regulations for doing business, providing improved access …


Hasaan Khawar & Nadia Mukhtar Pakistan’s Readymade Garments Sector: Challenges and Opportunities

The focus of this study is the ready-made garments sector, which is an important component of the range of textiles that Pakistan produces and exports. Given that production in the garments segment is the most labour intensive, least energy- and capital-intensive and generates the greatest value addition out of all the products in the textiles …


Zara Salman Innovation in the Textile Sector of Pakistan

This policy brief is based on the IGC funded research “Measuring Innovation in the Textile Sector of Pakistan”.


Hasaan Khawar Engagement with Punjab under CPEC: A Proposed Framework for Industry

CPEC is a platform for Pakistan’s provinces to provide Chinese firms an enabling business environment and access to markets, through infrastructure development and low cost labour. In exchange for these facilities, Pakistan will have access to Chinese financing, business experience and capacity, and technological upgrades. Pakistan must identify each province’s priorities towards industrial cooperation with …


Ijaz Nabi & Naved Hamid Spatial Analysis of Small and Cottage Industries in Punjab, Pakistan

IGC-funded research in Punjab has helped digitize and analyze firm-level data on non-manufacturing economic activity across all 36 districts of the province. This information will contribute to existing survey data and can be used to assist researchers, as well as help develop more informed public policy. This study was funded by the IGC (2015-17). Key …


Ijaz Nabi & Naved Hamid Garments Sector in Pakistan

Garment manufacturing, the least energy and capital-intensive kind of industrial activity, is not realizing its potential in Pakistan to grow the economy and create employment. To unlock the benefits of garments manufacturing on Pakistan’s economy, it must move up the value chain and compete in global export markets. This study was funded by the IGC …


Zara Salman The Textiles and Garments Sector: Moving Up the Value Chain

This policy brief is based on the IGC funded research paper “The Textiles and Garments Sector: Moving Up the Value Chain”.


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