How a Punjab skills training programme delivered results
In southern Punjab, 975 women were offered vouchers for vocational training. 47 percent took the vouchers but only 5 percent actually enrolled in the course. The government non-profit managing the trainings, the Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF), intervened and raised the number of vouchers taken to 77 percent and enrollment to 49 percent, with 35 percent ultimately completing the course. CDPR Chairman Ijaz Nabi writes for the Brookings Insitution on how PSDF used evidence-based program design to achieve the result.
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How ruling through fear reveals the state's weakness
Pakistan is a country of immense diversity in culture, ethnicity and ideology. That makes it necessary, Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS) Director and CDPR Fellow Faisal Bari argues, to foster a culture in which differences are lived with. Bari stresses that by ruling through fear of difference, the state abrogates its responsibility to its citizens.
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Pakistan in a changing global economy
Our last Lahore Policy Exchange, "Pakistan in a Changing Global Economy" featured speaker Masood Ahmed, incoming President of the Center for Global Development. His insights went both macro and micro, focusing on both the global challenges humanity will face in light of rapid changes as well as how Pakistan's own policymakers will need to adapt.
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Watch LUMS Professor Turban Hussain give his quick take on the three global shifts Pakistan needs to prepare for
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How has fiscal austerity affected Pakistan's economy?
Economic policy discussions in Pakistan have been dominated by the themes of revenue mobilisation and fiscal austerity. This has important implications for economic growth. While one view holds that austerity dampens growth, the other sees austerity as a safeguard against fiscal deficits and growth-slowing, unsustainable debt.
To discuss this topic, a panel of notable economists will speak at the next Lahore Policy Exchange, being held on Thursday, 19 January from 3:00-4:00PM in the lower floor conference room at 19A FCC Scheme Maratab Ali Road, Gulberg, Lahore.
Nadeem ul-Haque, former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission and former senior official at the International Monetary Fund.
Salman Shah, former caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan and economic advisor to the government.
Naved Hamid, Professor at the Lahore School of Economics and CDPR Board Member, will moderate the discussion.
Tea and coffee will be served after the event.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP by Wednesday, 18 January to admin@cdpr.org.pk.
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