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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…

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…

New Growth Model for Pakistan

The recently released World Bank report, Reclaiming Momentum Towards Prosperity: Pakistan’s Poverty, Equity, and Resilience Assessment,…

Pakistan’s Poverty Paradox: Growth Without Relief

Dr. Muhammad Shahid The World Bank today released “Reclaiming Momentum Towards Prosperity: Pakistan’s Poverty, Equity and…

Mapping Pakistan’s Economy

Dr. Muhammad Shahid & Rehan Khalid In a groundbreaking step towards data-driven governance, Pakistan has…