The intervention of local elites is often cited as an impediment to policy implementation in
many developing countries. In this paper we present a newly collected household data set
from Punjab, Pakistan, which can be ...
This paper investigates the economic (i.e. labour market) outcomes of ‘training’ for
individuals in Pakistan. The labour market benefits of general education have been
relatively well explored in the literature and ...
In this paper we present descriptive statistics on the Government School Education
System in Sindh. The data are obtained from latest administrative annual school census
in Sindh (2011-12). Schooling System in Sindh ...
Dr. Ijaz Nabi(Lahore School of Economics, 2013-03-21)
Pakistan has launched a far reaching social protection programs. The federal government’s
Benazir Income Support Program has, at its core, an unconditional cash grant for the
poorest households. Responding to the concern ...
Pakistan has a large and dispersed primary public health system, which provides citizens
access to trained doctors and staff, and to subsidized medicines. Despite the existence of
this system, both the use of the facilities ...
One of the most critical challenges Pakistan faces today is the need to improve and expand
its education system. With important political and demographic changes taking place,
greater devolution and strengthened democracy, ...