APRIL 2016

PIDE News

Inside this issue:

News Paper Articles by PIDE Staff

1

Seminars Organized by

PIDE 2

Pride of PIDE 2

The Department of Devel-

opment Studies 3

The Department of Envi-

ronmental Economics 4

Applied Econometrics

Division during April 2016 5

Department of Economet-

rics & Statistics 5

PIDE Participated in the

National Book Day

Festival

5

Training & Project Evalua-

tion Division organized a

Training Course

6

PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

The following articles of Dr. Asad Zaman, Vice-Chancellor, PIDE were published in the daily

Express Tribune:

Cold, Calculating and Callous

(April 4, 2016) http://epaper.tribune.com.pk/DisplayDetails.aspx?

ENI_ID=11201604030546&EN_ID=11201604030217&EMID=11201604030081

Why Did No One See It Coming?

(April 11, 2016) http://epaper.tribune.com.pk/DisplayDetails.aspx?

ENI_ID=11201604110049&EN_ID=11201604110031&EMID=11201604110007

The Education of an Economist

(April 18, 2016) http://epaper.tribune.com.pk/DisplayDetails.aspx?

ENI_ID=11201604180004&EN_ID=11201604180001&EMID=11201604180001

Looking Through the Veil of Money

(April 25, 2016) http://epaper.tribune.com.pk/DisplayDetails.aspx?

ENI_ID=11200704250129&EN_ID=11200704250041&EMID=11200704250017

The following articles of Dr. M. Idrees Khawaja, Head, School of Public Policy, PIDE were

published in the daily Dawn and The News:

Politics of Census

(April 3, 2016) http://www.dawn.com/news/1249639/politics-of-census

Light Rays from the Leaks

(April 23, 2016) http://e.thenews.com.pk/pindi/4-23-2016/page6.asp

News Paper Articles by PIDE Staff

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Seminar Organized by PIDE

The PSDE Secretariat arranged the following four Seminars in the month of April 2016.

Bramsh Khan, student of MSc. Economics secured second position in the all Pakistan declamation

contest held at the International Islamic University, Islamabad. She was awarded with shield and cash

prize from the President of Islamic University. Her topic of speech was ‘Youth Needs Nothing less

than Enlightenment”. Bramsh Khan would represent PIDE in the National Round of HEC speech

competition.

1 Economic Policies and the effect of Aid on Growth in Asian Countries April 6, 2016

2 Pakistan Automotive Industry: A case of stalled development April 13, 2016

3 Measuring the Sufficient Debt Sustainability Condition in Pakistan April 20, 2016

4 Effect of family control on corporate Financing decisions of the firms:

Evidence from Pakistan April 27, 2016

Pride of PIDE

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The Department of Development Studies

A. Paper Presentations (Faculty)

B. Development Studies Seminar Series

Dr. Taimoor Rehman from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) gave a talk on

'The Class Structure of Pakistan' on April 7, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at A.R Kemal Con-

ference Room of the institute.

C. Thesis Defense Held

S. No List of Studies with Complete Reference

1 Dr. Zulfiqar Ali

Presented a paper titled ‘Naqshbandi Sufis of Sindh: A Case Study of Walhari Pirs’ in

Second International Sufi Conference, April 9-10, 2016, Karachi

S.

No.

Name of

Student Title of Thesis Name of Supervisor

1 Sehrish

Mustafa

Skill Gap in Sindh: A Study of Gender Per-

ception through Cluster Analysis

Dr. Usman Mustafa

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The Department of Environmental Economics

Research Studies (Faculty)

Research Published (Journal articles, Research Reports, Working Papers etc.)

Research Submitted for Publication

Thesis Defense Held

Working Papers Series

S. No List of Studies with Complete Reference

1 Anwar Hussain and Muhammad Rahman. Role of Trainings on Farmers’ Profitability in Mountainous Areas

of District Swat". Pakistan Journal of agriculture research. 28(4): 414-421

2 Naveed Hayat, Anwar Hussain and HazratYousuf. "Food Demand in Pakistan: Analysis and Projections"

South Asia Economic Journal. 17(1): 94-113.

S. No List of Studies with Complete Reference

Anwar Hussain and JaffarHussain.“Trends in DomesticTerms of Trade of Agricultural sector of Pakistan”

German Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Anwar Hussain and Muhammad Rahman. “The Future of Gas Consumption in Pakistan: Evidences from

Time Series Econometric models” FWU Journal of Social Sciences.

Anwar Hussain and RabiaBangash. “Impact Of Climate Change On Crops Productivity Across Selected Agro

Ecological Zones In Pakistan” The Pakistan Development Review. (Special issue).

Naveed Hayat, Anwar Hussain and HazratYousuf. "Food demand pattern of households across income groups

in Pakistan" Amfiteatru Economic

Syed Sundus Raza and Anwar Hussain. The Nexus of Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Growth and Envi-

ronment in Pakistan” The Pakistan Development Review.

Anwar Hussain and Tayyeba Gul. Is Manufacturing sector the Economic Growth Trajectory In Pakistan? Asian Journal of Social Science

Anwar Hussain and Tariq Gul. Fiscal marksmanship in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Asian Journal of Social Science

JunaidAlamMemon, GulalaiJogezai, Anwar Hussain and Others. Farmers’ enthusiasm for revival of tradi-

tion karez systems in Balochistan. Human Ecology

S.No Name of student Title of Thesis Name of supervisor

Syed Saleem Ali Shah Electricity as an Alternative to Firewood and its impact on

deforestation: Case Study of Tehsil Ishkoman, Gilgit Bal-

tistan

Dr. Rehana Siddiqui

Samreen Niazi Economic and Environmental Viability of Solar Powered

Irrigation System: A Case Study of Fatah Jang Dr. Aneel Salman

Saghira Kiran Socio Economic and Environmental Factors Affecting House

Rents in Islamabad Dr. Anwar Hussain

Sadia Hanif Impact of Weather Shocks on Farmer’s Livelihood in Dis-

trict Multan Punjab Dr. Anwar Hussain

Hina Irshad The Analysis of Ecological efficiency And its influencing

Factors in Developing Countries Dr. Anwar Hussain

Muhammad Bilal Impact of Adaptations to Climate Change on Farm Income:

A Case study of Rice-Wheat Cropping System of Pakistan. Dr. Munir Ahmed

S.No Author(s) Name Title of the Article Date Presented

1 Muhammad Hassam Sha-

hid Willingness to Pay for Clean Water Supply in Sial-

kot, Pakistan

April 25, 2016

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Applied Econometrics Division During April 2016

1. Attended the conference of Islamic Ideological Council, Islamabad on April 27, 2016.

2. Attended the meeting of Chairman HEC with Turkish Delegation at HEC, H-9, Islamabad on April

14, 2016.

3. Closing remarks during the workshop on "Internal Quality Assurance Mechanism: Self-Assessment

Report Writing" organized by QEC, PIDE at PIDE on April 12, 2016.

4. Attended the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of SBP held at committee room,

3rd floor, SBP Karachi through video link from Islamabad on April 9, 2016.

5. Attended the meeting of the Steering Committee to review the Project Establishment of CAREC

University in the Conference room, 'P' Block Islamabad on April 5, 2016.

6. Panel discussion on Economic Development at National Institute of Management, Islamabad on

April 05, 2016.

Department of Econometrics and Statistics

1. External review and defense of final MPhil thesis of following student is conducted.

S.

No.

Name of Students Thesis Title Supervisor

1 Shahina Qurban

Jan “Hedging the Currency Devaluation” Dr. Saud Ahmed Khan

2. Internal review and defense of proposals MPhil thesis of following student are conducted.

S.

No.

Name of Students Thesis Title Supervisor

1 Sara

High-Dimensional Data Analysis: Com-

parison of OLS Post LASSO with OLS

Post SCAD

Dr. Zahid Asghar

Amena Urooj (co-supervisor)

2 Salah-Ud-Din Taj

Heterogeneous determinates of terror-

ism: Econometrics Evidences from

Cross Countries

Dr. Abdul Jalil Dr. Ahsan ul Haq

(co-supervisor)

PIDE Participated in the National Book Day Festival

PIDE’s Publications Division participated in the 7th

National Book Day Festival organized by the National

Book Foundation, Ministry of Information, Broadcast-

ing and national Heritage, Government of Pakistan

from 22-24 April, 2016. Prominent PIDE publications

along with the PIDE’s flagship journal namely the Pa-

kistan Development Review were displayed in the fes-

tival. People from academia, corporate sector, and gov-

ernment and non-government organizations took great

interest in PIDE’s publications.

www.pide.org.pk

Phone: 051-9248069

Fax: 051-9248065

Email: publications@pide.org.pk, imranulhaq@pide.org.pk

Spirit of Free Inquiry

Conceived, compiled and designed by the Publications Division,

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, PIDE, Islamabad.

P. O. Box 1091,

Quaid-i-Azam University Campus

Islamabad, Pakistan

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

Training Course

Project Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E)

April 18-30, 2016

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) organized a two week training course on “Project Monitoring and

Evaluation” (April 18-30, 2016) for the officers of BPS-17 and above of the Federal/Provincial Governments and Autono-

mous development agencies at PIDE premises. That training was managed by Dr. Usman Mustafa Director Training and Pro-

ject Evaluation Division, and trained 21 participants of different departments from various parts of the country. PIDE always

selects highly qualified resource persons for its training courses from different International, Government and Non- govern-

ment organizations.

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