PIDE Bi-Monthly Roundup (Discourse 2023-04)

Research Reports

• Balancing Growth and Inflation Targets with Monetary Policy – PIDE MacroPolicy Lab
• The Economic Cost of Internet Closure – Nadeem Ul Haque and Mohammad Shaaf Najib
• Maximizing the Impact: Evaluating the FY 2023-24 Budget for Optimal Resource Allocation, Socio-Economic Addressal, and Sustainable Development – PIDE MacroPolicy Lab
• The Pre-Budget Policy Recommendations: Optimizing Fiscal Resource Allocation in Pakistan – PIDE MacroPolicy Lab

Books

• Power, Profits & Plans: The Political Economy Of Housing In Pakistan – Nasir Javed and Muhammad Shafaat Nawaz
• Traffic Management & Congestion Mitigation Parking Policy for Islamabad Capital Territory – Idrees Khawaja, Zehra Gardezi, Mohammad Shaaf Najib, and Maryam Akhtar Khan

BASICS

• Language Homogamy: An Insight into Marriage and Language in Pakistan – Durre Nayab

Events/Webinars

• PSDE Regional Conference 2: Unleashing The Economic Potential Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• PSDE Regional Conference 1: Gilgit Baltistan Beyond Mountains: Exploring The Vision For Tomorrow
• Pakistan’s First Ever Think Tanks Moot: Collective Thinking, Collective Action
• Social Policy for Women in Pakistan – Mariam Mohsin, Sara Rizvi Jafree, Hadia Majid
• Trade, Industry and Productivity – Gonzalo Varela
• Enhancing the Delivery of Financial Services in Pakistan – Nadeem Ul Haque, Khaleel Ahmed
• Why Do We Need Economists? – Nadeem Ul Haque, Steven Landsburg
• The Challenge of Eurocentrism: A Roundtable Conversation – Nadeem Ul Haque, Asad Zaman, Fatima Sajjad, Roslyn Fuller, Rajani Kanth, Sandew Hira, Tung-Yi Kho, William Darity Jr.
• Understanding Workplace Harassment in Pakistan – Mariam Mohsin, Khawar Mumtaz, Nausheen Ahmed
• Economic Management in a Multiple Equilibria Economy – Nadeem Ul Haque, Andrew Smithers
• Seaports of Pakistan and Regional Connectivity – Nadeem Ul Haque, Syed Sayadian Raza Zaidi, Syed Hasan Nasir Shah, Babar Badat
• The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilises our Governments and Warps our Economies – Nadeem Ul Haque, Rosie Collington
• Austerity in the Context of a Developing Country – Nadeem Ul Haque, Mark Blyth