Pakistan’s Imperative for a Pro-Poor Stabilization Framework Balancing Price Stability with Social Protection
Dr. Muhammad Shahid In Pakistan's volatile macroeconomic landscape, recurrent inflationary pressures, fiscal deficits, and external…
Rethinking the Social Protection Architecture in Pakistan: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Way Forward
Dr. Muhammad Shahid Pakistan’s social protection system is at a critical juncture. While programmes such…
A Reversal in Poverty Reduction in Pakistan: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Response
Dr. Muhammad Shahid Pakistan is witnessing a deeply concerning reversal in its poverty trajectory. According…
A Troubling Reversal in Poverty Gains in Pakistan
A Troubling Reversal in Poverty Gains in PakistanCauses, Consequences, and Policy ResponsePakistan is experiencing a…
Natural Disasters Debt Dynamics Tool: Integrating Climate Risk into Public Debt Sustainability
The increasing frequency and intensity of climate-related disasters has created new fiscal vulnerabilities for developing…
Environmental and Social Frameworks
What is Environmental and Social Policy?Environmental and Social Policy is a framework used by governments,…
How Artificial Intelligence Could Unlock Productivity-Led Growth in Pakistan
Executive SummaryPakistan’s growth challenge is fundamentally a productivity challenge. Despite a large labor force and…
The Climate Macro-Framework Toolkit and Its Application in Pakistan’s Policy Analysis
AbstractClimate change poses profound macroeconomic risks for developing economies, particularly those characterized by high climate…
The Long-Term Budgetary Implications of Scaling Up Climate-Responsive Safety Nets Versus the Costs of Ad Hoc Disaster Relief in Pakistan
Pakistan, one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world, faces increasingly severe and frequent…
Quantifying Climate-Induced Fiscal Risks in Pakistan
An Economic Perspective on Q-Craft Tools 1. IntroductionClimate change has emerged as a systemic macro-fiscal…