Policy Briefs Education Reform in Pakistan: Partnerships for Management as the Way Forward in Education This Policy Note is based on the findings of the Partnerships for Management study, and sets out the main issues relating to the prevailing policy deficit on the subject of the PPPs, specifically PfMs. Published - Apr 1, 2015
Journal Article Genesis and Evolution of Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme Court of Pakistan: Toward a Dynamic Theory of Judicialization This work presents a periodized study of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Pakistan based on an extensive qualitative and quantitative review of all 218 reported judgments of the Supreme Court in its original jurisdiction over... Published - Feb 23, 2015
Reports Designing Active Labour Market Policies in Southern Punjab: Evidence from Household and Community Surveys The report uses empirical data to provide the regional context in which interventions are going to be implemented and highlights the challenges posed for intervention design by the characteristics of households in the program districts Published - Jan 25, 2015
Working Papers Fiscal Space for Special Protection in Pakistan This paper maintains that although reducing the fiscal deficit is important – not least because the recourse to money printing continues to erode the real value of income transfers to the poor – the answer does not lie in... Published - Dec 1, 2014
Journal Article Ethnic Federalism in Pakistan: Federal Design, Construction of Ethno-Linguistic Identity & Group Conflict This article explores linkages between ethnicity-based federations that serve to accommodate longstanding political demands on the basis of identity recognition, and the homogenization of new groups around ethnic identity for political visibility, competition and gain. Published - Jun 6, 2014