A Defense Day ceremony

was held at PIDE where Dr.

Asad Zaman, Vice-

Chancellor, PIDE was the

chief guest. Dr. Asad Za-

man addressed the students

and the staff members of the

PIDE on this occasion. Dr.

Zaman paid tribute to the

martyrs who laid their lives

for the sacred cause of se-

curing their homeland and

the nation. Dr. Zaman ad-

vised the participants that

they should work hard to

make Pakistan a strong

country.

The chief guest along with

students and senior staff

members of the Institute

also participated in walk

that was also organized by

the Institute in connection

with the Defense day cele-

brations.

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

Tribune:

1. Capitalism, Plutonomy

and the Pursuit of Wealth

(August 31, 2015)

2. Marxism Reconsidered

(September 7, 2015)

3. Capitalism in the 21st

Century (September 14,

2015)

4. Domestic Demand Alter-

native to Export-led

Growth (September 21,

2015)

The following article of

Dr. Anwar Hussain, Assis-

tant Professor, Department

of Environmental Econom-

ics, PIDE was published in

the daily News on Septem-

ber 11, 2015:

1. Agriculture and Environ-

ment

Department of Economics

& Finance:

Research Publication:

The following four Working

Papers have been uploaded

on PIDE's website.

1- Impact of Debt on Ag-

gregate Investment and

Productivity in Devel-

oping Asian Countries

by Hasan Shahzad &

Attiya Yasmin Javid.

2- A Practical Guideline

to Successful Bottom

up Development: Reset-

tling the Indus by Ab-

dus Subhan & Sharmeen

Khan.

3- The Day-of-the-Week

Anomaly in Market

Returns, Volume and

Volatility in SAARC

Countries by Sum-

ra Abbas & Attiya Yas-

min Javid.

4- The Impact of Formal

and Informal Institu-

tions on Economic Per-

formance: A Cross-

Country Analysis by

Yasir Khan & Attiya

Yasmin Javid.

SEPTEMBER 2015

PIDE News

Special points of interest:

Defense Day Celebrations

Inside this issue:

Training for PIDE Staff 2

PIDE & Sindh Madrassatul

Islam Sign MoU

2

Training Programme Divi-

sion

2

Nurturing Mind Seminars 3

Agriculture & Environment

Division

3

Ongoing Research 3

Defense Day Celebrated at PIDE

Two training courses have

been developed and initiated

by the head of PIDE’s Ap-

plied Econometrics Divi-

sion. These two training

courses in Econometrics and

Research Methods have

been especially tailored for

PIDE’s faculty and research

staff (from BPS-17 to BPS-

19). The Vice-Chancellor,

PIDE aims to build the re-

search capabilities of

PIDE’s researchers by

teaching them the latest

techniques and the best

practices in the field. After

the course, the participants

will be able use data in em-

pirical studies in ways

which are far superior to

currently available skill

levels in Pakistan and even

globally.

served that experienced pro-

fessionals benefit most from

a program of study that

stresses the application of

analytical tools to the solu-

tion of practical problems.

The program has been de-

signed with this goal in mind.

Sixteen participants from

WAPDA, NESCOM, feder-

al & provincial govern-

ments, NGOs, PIDE, etc.

learned modern techniques

for conducting financial,

economic and social ap-

praisal and management of

projects through lectures,

case studies, group discus-

sions, and participants’

presentations. They im-

proved their knowledge and

applied skills in these fields

which were admitted and

The Pakistan Institute of

Development Economics

(PIDE) organized a two-

weeks training course on

“Project Preparation, Ap-

praisal, and Management”

for the officers of BPS 17

and above of the Federal/

Provincial governments and

autonomous development

agencies at PIDE premises

from August 17 to 29, 2015.

The objective of the course

was to refresh the

knowledge of development

planners and managers in

the area of “Project Prepara-

tion, Appraisal, and Man-

agement. The emphasis of

the course was on the eco-

nomic appraisal of projects

and the process of choice

making between alternative

proposals. The trainers ob-

reflected by the participants

during the closing ceremony

after the completion of the

course.

The training enhanced ac-

quaintance and improved

the skills of development

practitioners in planning,

organizing, preparation,

management the projects

effectively and efficiently.

Brig. (R) Iftikhar Alam,

Director Programme Man-

agement, CENTECH, NES-

COM (Trainee) in his re-

marks appreciated the de-

sign, conduct, and selection

of resource persons besides

the hospitality extended by

PIDE.

Applied Econometrics Division Imparting Specialized Training Among PIDE Staff:

Training Programs Division:

Page 2

A memorandum of Un-

derstanding has been signed

between the Pakistan Insti-

tute of Development Eco-

nomics (PIDE) and Sindh

Madressatul Islam Universi-

ty (SMIU), on September

17, 2015. The Vice-

Chancellor, PIDE Dr. Asad

Zaman signed the MOU on

behalf of PIDE. Through

this, PIDE and SMIU are

agreed to collaborate in aca-

demic, research and indus-

try linkage related activities

and also to cooperate in the

following areas:

1. Exchange of faculty

members, research per-

sonnel, and graduate and

under graduate students

for study and research

2. Joint educational, train-

ing and research activi-

ties

3. Participation in seminars

and academic meetings

4. Exchange of administra-

tive managers/

coordinators

5. Training and develop-

ment of administrative

and academic staff

6. Exchange of invitations

in fields of interest to

both parties

7. Provision of online lec-

tures during semesters

8. Knowledge sharing on

research, innovation and

commercialization

9. Joint cultural programs

PIDE Signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sindh Madressatul Islam University

(SMIU), Karachi

PIDE Organized Training Course on “Project Preparation, Appraisal, and Management

Page 3

1. The Pakistan Institute of

Development Economics

(PIDE) organized a Sem-

inar on “Pakistan Data

Portal: Moving to-

wards an Open Data

Regime” on Wednes-

day, September 16, 2015

at 11:00 a.m. in the A.R.

Kemal Conference

Room of the Institute.

The speakers were;

Mr. Sheharyar Haq,

Data and IT specialist

at the Pakistan Data

Portal (PDP), a joint

project of Sustainable

Development Policy

Institute (SDPI) and

Alif Ailaan.

Ms. Saadiya Razzaq,

Team Leader, the Paki-

stan Data Portal (PDP),

a joint project of Sus-

tainable Development

Policy Institute (SDPI)

and Alif Ailaan.

2. The Pakistan Institute

of Development Eco-

nomics (PIDE) orga-

nized a Seminar on

“Terrorism Risk and

Democratic Prefer-

ences in Pakistan” on

Wednesday, September

30, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.

in the A.R. Kemal Con-

ference Room of the

Institute. The speaker

was;

Dr. Faiz Ur

Rehman, School of

Economics, Quaid-i-

Azam University,

Islamabad

submitted a research pro-

posal for a conference on

Human capital and Health

Behavior to be held in Zur-

ich, Switzerland.

Project:

Ms Uzma Zia prepared and

submitted project for plan-

ning commission titled

“Cluster based Agriculture”.

Conference paper for upcom-

ing PSDE Conference:

Ms Uzma Zia is working on

write up and results of pa-

per titled “Poverty, power

outages and coping strate-

gies: A household sector

analysis in Pakistan” for the

upcoming AGM and Con-

ference of the PSDE.

Ms Rafat Mahmood has

Ms Rafat Mahmood worked

on literature review related

to the project on 'Individual

Philanthropy' with Pakistan

Center for Philanthropy.

Ms Rafat Mahmood Started

work on Budget analysis of

Punjab and KPK (a project

with GIZ).

PIDE Nurturing Minds Seminar Series:

Ongoing Research

stan. The seminar featured the

perspectives of important stake-

holders and institutions working on the issue of climate change includ-

ing the Pakistan Agricultural Re-

search Council (PARC), the World Food Program (WFP) and the

Pakistan Metrological Department

(PMD). Dr Iftikhar Ahmed, Chair-person PARC, Dr Muhammad

Afzaal, Deputy Director, PMD

represented their respective institu-tions. The chief guest at the occa-

sion was Mr Seerat Asghar, Federal

secretary, Ministry of Food Securi-ty and Research. The seminar also

featured presentations of the papers

undertaken as part of the whole project including; Climate Change

and Gender: Reflections from RRA.

By Dr. Rakhshanda Kausar; From Perception to Adaptation to Cli-

mate Change by Ms. Shabana

Kishwar; Adaptations to Climate

Change and Food Security by Mr Ghulam Mustafa and Adaptations

to Climate Change and Agricultur-

al Productivity by Dr Muhammad Iqbal. Dr. Abdul Majid, Country

Manager, The International Center

for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) moderated

the technical sessions and the ses-

sions were chaired by Dr. M. E Tusneem, former Chairperson

PARC.

Papers completed:

Climate Change, Vulnerability,

Food Security and Human Health

in Rural Pakistan: A Gender Per-spective. Muhammad Iqbal, Munir

Ahmad, and Ghulam Mustafa

Agriculture and Environment Division

Proceedings of the seminar on “Climate Change, Agricul-ture, Food Security and Gender

One Day Seminar on “Climate

Change, Agriculture, Food Secu-

rity and Gender:

Evidence from Rural Household

survey”

The Agriculture and Environment

research division at PIDE headed

by Dr Munir Ahmed organized a one day seminar on Climate

Change, Agriculture, Food Security

and Gender: Evidence from Rural Household Survey at the National

Agriculture Research Council

(NARC) auditorium. The seminar was part of the IDRC-PIDE project

on Climate Change Adaptation,

Water and Food Security in Paki-

Ms Sundus Saleemi, Staff

Economist, PIDE attended the

3rd World Social Science Forum

(WSSF) as part of the training

program titled the Eight South-

South Institute, Inequality and

Social Justice: perspectives

from the Global South. The

forum took place against the

backdrop of multiple transitions

that affect global governance,

resource utilization, social rela-

tions and quality of life leading

to increased global inequalities.

The Forum is the most signifi-

cant gathering of scholars and

policy-oriented intellectuals

drawn from all the regions of

the world and across different

disciplinary interests in the

social sciences and humanities.

The theme of this year’s forum

was “Transforming Global

Relations for a Just World”.

The event was organized by the

International Social Science

Council together with the co-

hosts – the Council for the De-

velopment of Social Science

R e s e a r c h i n A f r i c a

(CODESRIA) and the Human

Sciences Research Council

u n d e r t h e p a t ronage of

UNESCO. The Forum also

enabled participants to witness

local manifestations of inequal-

ity in Durban, South Africa as

well as the efforts of non-

governmental and community

based organizations to address

injustice and inequality.

Declaration of the 3rd World

Social Science Forum.

(a) Pursue theoretical and em-

pirical research including

development of reliable and

multi-dimensional indica-

tors on inequalities and

injustices;

(b) Produce evidence to high-

light issues requiring urgent

attention and action, support

advocacy and inform poli-

cies to respond to them;

(c) Support efforts to address

asymmetries, disparities,

divides, and lack of autono-

my in knowledge produc-

tion through the creation of

transformative knowledge

programs;

(d) Participate in programs and

efforts that aim to end injus-

tice and inequality;

(e) Make every effort to reduce

income inequalities and

promote equity, starting

with scientific institutions

where we have influence;

(f) Support measurable progress

to overcome inequalities,

including through the im-

plementation of the Sustain-

able Development Goals;

(g) Promote policies, programs,

and values that act to end

gender inequality;

(h) Promote the integration of

youth in work places

through providing them

with the necessary skills to

enter the labour force;

(i) Support efforts to achieve

legally binding and univer-

sal agreement on avoiding

dangerous anthropogenic

interference with the cli-

mate system; and

(j) Promote inclusive societies

based on universal values

and human rights.

The World Social Science Fo-

rum and the World Social

Science Report advances

social science research and

awareness of these issues.

The Eight South-South Insti-

tute, Inequality and Social

Justice: Perspectives from the

Global South

Participation at the institute was

through a competitive process

beginning with a call for re-

search proposals from young

researchers from the global

south on issues of inequality

and social justice. The pro-

posals were evaluated and se-

lected candidates were invited

to the University of KwaZulu

Natal, Durban South Africa to

present their respective pro-

posals. The presentations were

followed by discussion and

feedback by other participants

and comments by moderators.

The institute also included lec-

tures by renowned academics

including Prof. Dr. C. P. Chan-

drasekhar on Neoliberalism and

Inequality in the South: A per-

spective from Asia; Prof. Dr.

Patrick Bond on Are the BRICS

a n t i -i mper i a l i s t o r sub -

imperialist forces in world

geopolitical economy?, Dr.

Jomo Kwame Sundaram on

Inequality in the Age of Neolib-

eralism and Prof. Dr. Montser-

rat Sagot R. (University of Cos-

ta Rica) on Inequality, Justice

and the Limits of Democracy:

An Intersectional Approach.

Reflections from the 3rd World Social Science Forum (from the Declaration of the 3rd World

Social Science Forum):

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(Participants and speakers of the Eight South-

South Institute)

(Ms. Sundus Saleemi, Staff Economist PIDE, presenting

her research proposal at the Eight South-South Institute)

The junior members of

the division are attending

the two courses being of-

fered at PIDE by Dr Asad

Zaman on Econometrics and

Research Methods.

Ms Uzma Zia successfully

completed the workshop on

Applied Research Methods.

As coordinator Ms Uzma

Zia arranged and attended

proposal defense.

Lectures/seminars/Workshops/proposal defense:

Page 5 Department of Economics

Research Studies in Progress

Environmental Economics Division

M.Phil Students’ Final Defense (September, 2015)

Research Submitted for Publication

Thesis Defense Held

Research Proposals Defense Held

Research Projects of the faculty Members

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