Iftikhar Ahmad

Associate Professor

About Me 

About Myself:

My 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, I have good exposure to important policy debates. My main responsibilities at PIDE includes steering innovative research, writing reports and conducting analytical studies. Moreover, I teach and supervise at postgraduate level. While serving as Executive Director, Centre of Excellence-CPEC and as Head, PIDE School of Public Policy, I was exposed to a number of administrative matters, which refined my organizational and team building qualities

Area of Interest:
Public policy, public economics, local governance, fiscal federalism, SEZs and environmental valuation

Education:

Ph D. University of Kent, United Kingdom
MPhil. University of Peshawar, Pakistan
MA. University of Peshawar, Pakistan

Contact Me 

0519248063

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

Social Links 

linkedin.com/in/iftikhar-ahmad-b39219b6

Contribution to PIDE Research

Fiscal Federalism in Pakistan: Need for a Revisit

October 2024
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpdr/2024/special-policy-supplement/47-52.pdf

Local Government Reforms: An Overview

QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpideresearch/discourse-2023-06-86-local-government-reforms-an-overview.pdf

Pakistan’s Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022 aka “Industrial Policy Package”

QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/uploads/kb-070-pakistans-income-tax-amendment-ordinance-2022-aka-industrial-policy-package.pdf

SME Sector in Pakistan: Mapping the Policy Framework, Opportunities and Constraints

February 2022
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/uploads/book-48-chapter-7-sme-sector-in-pakistan-mapping-the-policy-framework-opportunities-and-constraints.pdf

Fiscal Federalism

December 2021
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/uploads/pip-0290-fiscal-federalism.pdf

Endurance or Submission: How Terrorism Frame Households’ Time Allocation? (Article)

December 2021
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/uploads/331-352.pdf

Fiscal Federalism in Pakistan: Need for a Revisit

November 2021
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/uploads/pv-34-fiscal-federalism-in-pakistan-need-for-a-revisit.pdf

Interview with Iftikhar Ahmad

QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/uploads/par-v2i9-06-interview-with-iftikhar-ahmad.pdf

Inviting FDI: Is Pakistan an Attractive Destination?

August 2021
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/uploads/kb-034-inviting-fdi-is-pakistan-an-attractive-destination.pdf

National Finance Commission Awards in Pakistan; It’s Time for a Revisit

QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpideresearch/par-vol2i6-17-national-finance-commission-awards-in-pakistan-its-time-for-a-revisit-webinar-federal-budget-2021-2022.pdf

It Is High Time We Revisited the NFC Awards in Pakistan

May 2021

Decentralization and Institutions: An Insight

May 2020

Production or real estate?

March 2020

Production Or Real Estate Activities: What do we want from SEZs and IEs

March 2020

Building industry-academia linkages: a latent solution (PIDE In Press)

January 2020

A Tale of Two Punjabs and CPEC 

January 2020
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpideresearch/wp-0192-a-tale-of-two-punjabs-and-CPEC.pdf

Special Economic Zones in Pakistan: Promises and Perils

January 2020
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpideresearch/rr-032-special-economic-zones-in-pakistan promises-and-perils.pdf

Building Industry-Academia Linkages: A Latent Solution (Blog)

December 2019

Need of the Hour: Simplicity and not Complexity in the SEZ Act

November 2019

From Fiscal Decentralisation to Economic Growt The Role ofComplementary Institutions

November 2016
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpdr/2016/761-780.pdf

Impact of Credit on Education and Healthcare Spending in RuralPakistan

November 2016
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpdr/2016/853-870.pdf

Capturing Willingness to Pay and Its Determinants for Improved Solid Waste Management 

July 2014
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpideresearch/wp-0110-capturing-willingness-to-pay-and-its-determinants-for-improved-solid-waste-management.pdf

Fiscal Decentralisation in Pakistan

December 2010
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpdr/2010/419-436.pdf

Factors Determining Public Demand for Safe Drinking Water (A Case Study of District Peshawar)

January 2010
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpideresearch/wp-0058-factors-determining-public-demand-for-safe-drinking-water-a-case-study-of-district-peshawar.pdf

Environment-Friendly Cotton Production through Implementing Integrated Pest Management Approach

December 2007
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpdr/2007/1119-1135.pdf

Household’s Willingness to Pay for Safe Drinking Water: A Case Study of Abbottabad District

December 2007
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpdr/2007/1137-1153.pdf

Economic Evaluation of Pesticide Use Externalities in the Cotton Zones of Punjab, Pakistan

December 2002
QR Code https://file.pide.org.pk/pdfpdr/2002/683-698.pdf