The Lahore School of Economics is proud to share the news that two of its distinguished faculty members have been conferred with high civilian awards by the Government of Pakistan in recognition of their outstanding contributions to academia, research, and public policy.
Dr. Rashid Amjad has been awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz. A former Vice Chancellor of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) and currently Director of the Graduate Institute of Development Studies at the Lahore School of Economics, Dr. Amjad has made significant and lasting contributions to economic scholarship and policy discourse in Pakistan. His work continues to shape thinking on development issues at both national and institutional levels.
Dr. Sabiha Mansoor, former Vice Chancellor of Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) and currently a Professor at the Lahore School of Economics, has been conferred the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz. The award recognises her exceptional contributions to higher education, research, and policy, spanning leadership roles and sustained academic engagement.
These honours reflect the high calibre of scholarship and public service associated with the Lahore School of Economics. The entire community congratulates Dr. Rashid Amjad and Dr. Sabiha Mansoor on this well-deserved national recognition.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8/17/2026 05:11:00 PM,
Rashid Amjad
The recent World Bank Pakistan Development Update, released at the end of October 2025, claims that poverty fell in 2024-25. This assertion raises troubling questions, especially since Pakistan’s poverty assessment report, published just a few months earlier by the World Bank, presented a very grim picture. It stated, “Pakistan’s once promising poverty reduction trajectory has come to a troubling halt, reversing years of hard-fought gains.” The report indicated a return to rising poverty, as their estimates after 2022/23 showed.
More importantly, the earlier World Bank poverty assessment stressed that the economic model responsible for reducing poverty from 64.3 per cent in 2001 to 21.9pc in 2018 “had reached its limits”. It noted that further declines in poverty would require much greater effort in the “face of deep-rooted inequalities, political instability, elite capture and vulnerability to climate risk”. The basic message of the assessment was that the resilience of the population, which had previously led to declining poverty, had been significantly weakened by natural disasters, climate change, and the economy’s diminishing capacity to create jobs with adequate income to lift workers out of poverty.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/14/2025 08:04:00 AM,
On 2 October 2025, Dr. Hasan Zafar presented his research, "The Age of AI: Transitioning from the Digital Age to a New Epoch," in TRRC 4.
Dr. Hasan said that the world is shifting from the Digital Age to the Age of AI, a transformation as significant as the Industrial Revolution. AI’s autonomy, predictive intelligence, and decision-making are reshaping healthcare, finance, education, and defense. Like the Industrial Revolution’s mechanization and the Digital Age’s connectivity, AI is redefining society by automating tasks, personalizing services, and creating new industries like data governance.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10/03/2025 09:30:00 AM,
The Lahore School of Economics launched a new
video lecture series, Foundations of Raag: A Journey into Our Classical Music. This series of twelve videos introduces the basics of classical music simply and engagingly. It is led by Ustad Parvez Paras, Pakistan’s senior classical music expert, and Professor Ayesha Nadir Ali, a classical singer, mathematics teacher, and researcher at Lahore School. Together, they share their deep knowledge and passion for music.
The first video is an introduction for beginners, explaining the basics of music notes, and viewers can skip to the next video if they prefer. Each episode will explore different aspects of classical music, with the final one focusing on rhythm. Whether you’re new to this music or already a fan, this series is a wonderful way to learn about our cultural heritage.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9/09/2025 04:25:00 PM,
On August 26, 2025, Dr. Azam Chaudhry, Pro Rector, Lahore School of Economics, delivered a lecture at the Civil Services Academy (CSA) in Lahore. The lecture was part of the Transformative Leadership and Strategic Management Programme, designed for Vice Chancellors of public sector universities in Punjab. This initiative aimed to foster leadership and strategic thinking among academic leaders to drive meaningful change in higher education.
Titled “Creating Research to Impact Pipelines,” Dr. Azam’s session explored how research can significantly influence productivity, innovation, and policy design in Pakistan. Drawing on his extensive work in areas such as innovation in the textile sector, export competitiveness, and evidence-based policy interventions, he underscored the transformative potential of research. He emphasized that research is not merely an academic exercise but a critical driver of long-term growth, innovation, and resilience in developing economies like Pakistan.
Dr. Azam Chaudhry emphasized the importance of aligning research with national development priorities, including exports, industrial upgrading, energy, and employment. By focusing on these areas, research can address pressing challenges and contribute to sustainable economic progress. He emphasized that establishing robust institutional linkages between universities, policymakers, and businesses is crucial for translating research into practical solutions that yield tangible, real-world impact.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8/29/2025 02:45:00 PM,
Dr. Rashid Amjad
Nest month, Pakistan will complete the first year of its ongoing three-year IMF $7 billion programme, which is set to end in October 2027. The immediate objective of this Extended Fund Facility IMF programme — the 12th IMF programme for Pakistan in the last 35 years (only three were successfully completed) — was to continue the process of stabilisation started in July 2023 and, at the same time, undertake badly needed structural reforms to ensure sustainable future growth.
Today, the economy has stabilised and the threat of default is no longer looming, but the economic reform programme is still struggling to gain traction. However, the expectations of growth revival are deeply contested at a time when poverty and unemployment levels remain extremely high in the country and the emerging middle class faces serious threat of extinction.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8/28/2025 08:44:00 AM,
Dr. Nabiha Fatima Shahram joins the Lahore School of Economics as Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences.
Dr. Nabiha specializes in the area of Sociology. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Punjab and also holds an MPhil in Sociology as well as an MA in Mass Communication.
She brings with her diverse teaching and research experience in the areas of Sociology, Anthropology, Development Studies, Virtual Media, and Gender Studies.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 2/07/2025 02:37:00 PM,
Dr. Jamshed Uppal joins Lahore School of Economics as a Professor, the Department of Business Administration.
Dr. Uppal specializes in the area of Financial Management. He received his PhD and MBA degrees in Finance from Michigan University, USA, and also holds an MS in Economics and a professional certification in Cost and Management Accounting.
He brings with him diverse and extensive teaching, research as well as corporate experience in the areas of financial management, derivatives, financial institutions, and markets.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 1/31/2025 03:26:00 PM,
Dr. Ismat Beg is Professor of Mathematics at Lahore School of Economics. He is also a HEC Distinguished National Professor and Honorary Full Professor, Institute for Basic Research, Florida, (USA). He has PhD in Mathematics from University of Bucharest with specialization in functional analysis and operator theory. Dr. Beg is an internationally acknowledged scholar, researcher and teacher in the field of mathematical sciences. He has served as Professor in various prestigious Universities/Institutes nationally and internationally. Dr. Beg is a Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences. His research work (270 published research papers and three books) has great diversity and is well cited by other researchers. His present research interests are in preference modeling and multi-criteria decision making, fixed point theory, best approximations and fuzzy relations/multi-valued functions. He has supervised twelve M. Phil. dissertations, seven Ph.D. theses and ten post-doctoral researchers. He was awarded Pakistan Academy of Sciences Gold Medal in 2008. He was also awarded first prize in mathematics for research by National Book Council of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan in 1986. He has completed as principal investigator twelve research projects. He is an elected fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (UK), a Chartered Mathematician and a Chartered Scientist. Dr. Beg is a senior member of London Mathematical Society. The access to his research articles is provided by:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ismat_Beg/ & http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-3015-2008
Professor Beg roles as teacher and mentor are also exceptional, and are felt well beyond national boundaries. He has promoted the cause of mathematics in general and of functional analysis in particular by organizing series of symposia and conferences both national and regional. He is also member of board of studies of several universities. He is member of Editorial Board of twelve international journals. He is also a reviewer of Zentralblatt Fur Mathematik (Germany), Mathematical Review (USA) and The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Dr. Beg is a member of European Mathematical Society, American Mathematical Society, International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts, International Rough Set Society, Society for Mathematics of Uncertainty, All Pakistan Mathematical Association and Punjab Mathematical Society.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 6/16/2023 04:25:00 PM,
Dr. Naz is a Professor of Mathematics at the Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan. She received the M.Sc and M.Phil degrees in Applied Mathematics from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad in 2002 and 2004 and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in 2008. She was awarded a short-term Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Dr. Naz is actively engaged in research, teaching, and academic service. She received the Research Productivity Award from Pakistan Council for Science and Technology in 2012 and was honored with the Best University Teacher Award by Higher Education Commission in Feb 2018.
Dr. Naz has made significant contributions to the subject, her peers and students, the department, the university, and academic and the research community. She has significantly contributed to the designing of several new courses at the Lahore School of Economics. Her teaching portfolio includes Linear Algebra, Calculus, Advanced Calculus, Real Analysis, Mathematical Economics I & II at the undergraduate level, and Mathematical Economics in the M. Phil Economics program. She actively contributed, along with other colleagues from the department, to the development of several minor programs in mathematics and data analytics, launched in 2020. Notably, she played a pivotal role in the development of the BS Double Major in Economics and Mathematics degree program, launched in 2021.
Dr. Naz served on the National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for curriculum development of BS, MS, and Ph.D. Mathematics. She has been an active member of the Department’s curriculum committee, Board of Studies (BOS), Board of Faculties (BOF), and the academic committee of Lahore School of Economics since October 2009. Dr. Naz is tasked with attending peers' lectures and providing feedback on effective approaches to teaching mathematics. For the faculty at the Lahore school, she has led several training courses on using technology in the classroom, including Zoom, Maple, Python, Latex, Overleaf, Endnote, Mendeley, and the learning management system of the Lahore School of Economics. She is a reviewer of top Impact factor Journals including Journals published by Sciencedirect, Springer link, Taylor and Francis, IOP. Dr. Naz has worked as the guest editor of many international journals and is working as the Academic Editor of International Journal PLOS ONE. Dr. Naz has presented and worked as an organizer in the several national and international conferences. She was a member of organizing committee of the First Annual Conference on “Mathematical and Statistical Models in Economics, Finance and Applied Sciences” held on February 6-7, 2015 at the Main Campus of Lahore School of Economics. Dr. Naz has organized special sessions in International Conference on Dynamical systems, Differential equations and applications of American institute of Mathematical sciences, held in (Madrid, Spain 7-11 July 2014), (Orlando, Florida, USA 1-5 July 2016), (Taiwan, Taipe 5-9 July 2018) and ( Wilmington, NC USA, May 31 - June 4, 2023).
Dr. Naz has expertise in applying Lie group methods to optimal control theory, calculus of variations, and dynamical systems. She has applied these techniques to a variety of problems arising from physical, biological, and economic phenomena. In her PhD thesis she developed a new theory of constructing conserved quantities for jet flows using conservation laws which is cited by several authors. Most of her research papers have been published in top-ranked world-class journals. She has active research collaboration with professors at leading universities in the USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Nigeria, and South Africa. Dr. Naz jointly with Dr. Azam Chaudhry and Dr. Fazal Mahomed developed a novel method known as the partial Hamiltonian method for the construction of first integrals for optimal control problems arising in economic growth theory. Closed-form solutions, analyses of the growth rates of capital and consumption, and discussions of saving rates are offered for many celebrated economic growth models to aid policymakers in developing policies. Dr. Naz has supervised several M.Phil Economics students jointly with the leading economist Dr. Azam Chaudhry.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 6/12/2023 04:39:00 PM,
Ejaz Hussain did an MSc in International Relations from QAU in 2003 and an MA in
Political Science from Lund University, Sweden in 2006. He got his PhD in Political
Science from Heidelberg University, Germany in 2010, and later did a postdoc in the said field from the University of California, Berkeley, USA. His core research interests include civil-military relations, democracy and authoritarianism, governance, foreign policy analysis, and global political economy. He has authored Military Agency, Politics and the State in Pakistan (New Delhi, 2013) and coedited Perspectives on Contemporary Pakistan: Governance, Development and Environment (Routledge, 2020).
In addition, he has contributed to peer-reviewed journals such as Armed Forces and Society and Chinese Political Science Review. He is also a reviewer of numerous internationally reputed impact factor journals such as Sage Open and an editorial board member of international journals such as the Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs.
Dr. Hussain was a visiting fellow at Fudan University in 2016. He has also been invited as a researcher at Fudan University (non-resident). He is DAAD, FDDI, and a Fulbright fellow. Moreover, he has taught at COMSATS University, Islamabad, FC College University, Lahore, Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), Shanghai, China and Iqra University, Islamabad. Besides, his commentaries have appeared in BBC (Urdu), Express Tribune, The First Post, The Friday Times, Global Times, South China Morning Post, The News, Daily Times, Naya Daur and CGTN. Currently, he works as an Associate Professor of Political Science, at the Department of Social Sciences, Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9/30/2022 03:35:00 PM,
Dr. Anis Alam is a Professor at the Graduate Institute of Development Stuides (GIDS), Lahore School of Economics. Has published numerous research papers in prestigious international journals such as, Physical Review, Nuclear Physics, IL. Nuovo Cimento, Acta Crystallographica, Physic Stat Solidi, Solid State Communications, International Journal of Bifurcation & Chaos; and 16 papers on issues related to science and development that have appeared in international journals (Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars (USA), Race & Class (UK), Social Scientist, Bulletin of Sciences (India)) and proceedings in UK, France, Egypt, Italy, India, Malaysia and Pakistan.
He has been active in popularizing science having published translations of books by Nobel Laureate Prof. Abdus Salam, Steven Hawking and George Gamow. He has also published three under-graduate physics textbooks & three popular accounts of science and philosophy.
Here is the published work by Dr. Anis Alam.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/16/2017 04:45:00 PM,
Sana Azar is an Assistant Professor and a PhD Scholar at the Lahore School of Economics. She is
a gold medalist in MPhil in Business Administration from Lahore School (2013). Sana has
completed her MBA (Banking and Finance) from Lahore School of Economics in 2009. She has a
B.Sc. (Hons.) in Computer Science from Kinnaird College for Women and Bachelor of Arts from
Punjab University with specialization in Journalism and Economics. Sana teaches Marketing,
Management and Research courses at the Lahore School of Economics at undergraduate (BBA &
BSc) and graduate level (MBA & MBA for Professionals). Her research interests include Time
Management, Flexible Work Arrangements, Customer Relationship Management, Leadership and
e-Commerce.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4/18/2017 04:58:00 PM,
Dr. Azam Chaudhry is Professor of Economics and the Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the Lahore School of Economics. He has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Economics from the London School of Economics (UK) where he specialized in Monetary Economics, Econometrics and Corporate Finance and a M.A. and PhD in Economics from Brown University (USA) where he specialized in theoretical and empirical macroeconomics.
He teaches undergraduate and graduate Econometrics and Macroeconomics at the Lahore School and his research interests include Innovation and Technological Change, Institutional Economics, Economic Growth and Development, Behavioral Economics, Economic and Social Networks, Political Economy and Industrial Organization.
His publications include:
• “
Beyond the Poverty Line: A Multi-dimensional Analysis of Poverty in Pakistan,” with Theresa Chaudhry, Muhammad Haseeb, and Uzma Afzal, in Rashid Amjad and Shahid Javed Burki (ed.) Pakistan: Moving the Economy Forward, Cambridge University Press, 2015 and earlier version of the chapter is available at: “
Beyond the Poverty Line: A Multi-dimensional Analysis of Poverty in Pakistan ,” with Theresa Chaudhry, Muhammad Haseeb, and Uzma Afzal, in Rashid Amjad and Shahid Javed Burki (ed.) Pakistan: Moving the Economy Forward, Lahore School of Economics Press, 2013.
• “Does Institutional Quality Affect the Success of Privatization Policies in Developing Countries?” with Phillip Garner, Manuscript, Brigham Young University, 2003.
• “Procurement and the World Bank’s Anti-Corruption Initiatives,” Operations Evaluation Department Working Paper, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2000.
• “A Review of the Country Assistance Strategies and FY98 Lending for the World Bank’s Anti-Corruption Strategy,” Operations Evaluation Department Working Paper, World Bank, Washington D.C., 1998.
His current research includes:
• Measuring the Barriers to Industrial Upgrading using Evidence from Pakistan with David Atkin, MIT, Amit K. Khandelwal, Columbia Graduate School of Business and Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University.
• Measuring Innovation in the Textile Sector of Pakistan with Waqar Wadho, Lahore School of Economics.
• Benchmarking of Productivity in Pakistan’s Readymade Garment Sector with Theresa Chaudhry, Lahore School of Economics.
• Developing an Optimal Industrial Strategy in the Context of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with Theresa Chaudhry, Lahore School of Economics, Maryiam Haroon, Lahore School of Economics and Nida Jamil, Lahore School of Economics.
• Impact assessment of start-up loans to female run micro-enterprises with Farah Said, Lahore School of Economics, Naved Hamid, Lahore School of Economics, and Mahreen Mahmud, Oxford University.
• How Network Centrality Affects Electoral Politics in Pakistan with Mahnoor Asif, Lahore School of Economics.
• Measuring the effects of agglomeration on new firms in Punjab with Maryiam Haroon, Lahore School of Economics.
• Spillovers in technology adoption: evidence from a randomized experiment in Pakistan with David Atkin, MIT, Amit K. Khandelwal, Columbia Graduate School of Business and Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University.
• Patron-client relations in rural Punjab with Kate Vyborny, Duke University.
His recent research grants include:
August 2014
• International Growth Center (DFID) for Research on Measuring Innovation in the Textile Sector.
May 2014
• Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries (PEDL) for Research on Barriers to Industrial Upgrading.
September 2010
• Open Society Institute Grant for Social Choice and Network Assistance
Survey.
June 2011
• International Growth Center (DFID) Project Grant for Research on Technology Spillovers in Pakistani Manufacturing Sector.
August 2011
• British Academy Grant for Research on Patron Client Relations in Rural Punjab.
His other responsibilities include:
• Director, Technology Management and Innovation Centre, Lahore School of Economics.
• Head, Quality Assurance Cell, Lahore School of Economics.
• Editor, Lahore Journal of Economics.
• Member of the Senate, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Member of the Board, Punjab Innovation Development Fund, Government of the Punjab.
• Chair, Economic Cluster on SDGs, Government of the Punjab.
• Research Affiliate, International Growth Centre, DFID, UK.
• Research Supervisor (MPHIL and PhD)
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12/01/2011 01:28:00 PM,
Dr. Mohammad Aslam is a Professor of Economics at the Lahore School of Economics. He retired as Chairman, Department of Economics, Government College University Lahore, where he was also Dean of Social Sciences. He also worked as a Senior Research Economist at the Punjab Economic Research Institute (PERI), Government of Punjab, Lahore. He also had the opportunity to work as research expert at Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Research Centre Istanbul, Turkey. Before joining the Lahore School, he worked as Chairman Economics Department, Forman Christian College, Lahore. He has a number of published books and research articles to his credit. He has also recently published a book entitled Pakistan Economy in Retrospect 1947-2010.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10/20/2011 11:39:00 AM,
Dr. Naved Hamid is Director, Centre for Research in Economics and Business at the Lahore School of Economics. He has a BA (Hons.) in Economics from Cambridge University, UK, and a PhD in Economics from Stanford University, USA. Prior to joining the Lahore School of Economics, he was at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where he worked in various capacities, including ‘Acting Chief Economist for South Asia’ and Deputy Country Director and Team Leader for Pakistan. Before joining ADB he was Professor of Economics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
His publications include: ‘Rethinking Pakistan’s Development Strategy’, The Lahore Journal of Economics, 2008; ’South Asia: A Development Strategy for the Information Age’, in Report on the South Asia Department Economists' Annual Conference 2006, ADB 2007; Asian Cities in 21st Century: Contemporary Approaches to Municipal Management (5 Volumes), Lead Editor, ADB and ADBI, 1999 – 2001; ‘Economic Environment in Asia for Investment’, in Investing in Asia, Edited by C. P. Oman, D. H. Brooks and C. Foy, OECD Development Centre, 1997; The chapter on Industry and Trade in Foundations of Pakistan's Political Economy, edited by W. E. James and S. Roy, Sage Publications, 1992; The chapter on Pakistan (with A. Nasim and Ijaz Nabi) in The Political Economy of Agriculture Pricing Policy, (Volume 2), edited by Anne Kruger, Alberto Valdez, and Maurice Schiff, John Hopkins University Press, 1991; 'Private Finance Companies in LDCs: Lessons from an Experiment', (with I. Nabi) in World Development, 1989. He has also published several books: Joint author (with A. Nasim and I. Nabi) of 'Agrarian Economy of Pakistan' published by Oxford University Press, and co-editor (with P. Rana) of ‘From Centrally Planned to Market Economies: The Asian Approach’ (3 Volumes), also published by Oxford University Press.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9/06/2011 11:32:00 AM,
Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry is the Rector of Lahore School of Economics and also Professor of Economics. He has a B.A. from Punjab University, an M.A. (Cantab.) and a Ph.D. from McGill University. He was Lecturer in Economics at Punjab University from 1967 to 1969. He served in the Civil Service of Pakistan from 1969 to 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he was Visiting Professor of Economics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). Since 1985 he has been working on Public Sector Management Issues and is a member of several National Commissions on the subject. He was Deputy Chairman of the Pakistan Planning Commission from July 2000 to July 2003 and adviser on Finance, Economic Affairs, Planning, and Statistics during the caretaker government in April-June 2013.
His major publications include “Agricultural Taxation in Pakistan”, National Taxation Reform Commission, (1984); “Industrial Policies for Pakistan”, Asian Development Bank, (1985); “Fiscal and Budgetary Policies for Pakistan”, Asian Development Bank, (1985); “Trade Barriers to Pakistan’s Exports”, Asian Development Bank, (1986); “Forecasting Pakistan’s Worker Remittances”, International Labor Organization, (1986), “Defined Contribution Pension Plan for Pakistan”, Government of Pakistan, (1994); “Competition Policy and Democracy in Pakistan”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (1996); “Pakistan’s Experience in Employment Generation at the Micro and Macro Levels, and Future Directions”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (1997); “Punjab Fiscal Resources Study”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (1998); “Significance of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Sector in Pakistan and Assessment of its Employment Potential”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (1999); and “Improving the Efficiency of the Federal Government of Pakistan”, Government of Pakistan, (2001); “Ensuring Stable and Inclusive Growth in Pakistan”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (2008); “Pakistan: Indus Basin Water Strategy – Past, Present and Future”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (2010); and “Pakistan 2011: Policy Measures for the Economic Challenges Ahead”, Lahore Journal of Economics, (2011).
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8/15/2011 11:24:00 AM,
Dr. Theresa Thompson Chaudhry received a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and MA and PhD degrees in Economics from the University of Maryland – College Park. She joined the faculty of the Lahore School of Economics in 2005. Previously, she worked with the World Bank in Washington, DC. She teaches microeconomics in the B.Sc and MS/MPhil Economics programs. Her publications have appeared in the South Asia Economic Journal, Trimestre Economico, the Pakistan Development Review, and the Lahore Journal of Economics. She also serves as Editor (with Azam Chaudhry) of The Lahore Journal of Economics. Her areas of interest include economic development, applied microeconomics, industrial organization, and experimental economics. Her current research projects are: The economics of consanguineous marriage (with Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University) and Incentives and productivity in the Gujrat fan sector (with Chris Woodruff, University of Warwick).
Her personal website is: https://sites.google.com/site/theresachaudhry/
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8/10/2011 02:01:00 PM,
Dr. Waqar Ahmed Wadho is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Lahore School of Economics and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Research in Economics & Business (CREB). He has a PhD (2011) and MS (2007) in Economics from Groupement de Recherche en Economie Quantitative d’Aix Marseille (GREQAM), Aix-Marseille University, France and M.Sc (2004) in Economics from Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad. His PhD dissertation was in quantitative economics with focus on the Economics of Corruption. This research included three theoretical papers: 1) Control Rights, Bureaucratic Corruption and the Allocation of Resources, 2) Steal If You Need: Capitulation Wages with Endogenous Monitoring, 3) Education, Rent-seeking and the Curse of Natural Resources.
Dr. Wadho is teaching Advanced macroeconomics in the MPhil Economics program and macroeconomics in the undergraduate program. His published research includes “Control Rights, Bureaucratic Corruption and the Allocation of Resources”, European Journal of Law and Economics, 2011; “IMF Stabilization Programs, Policy Conduct and Macroeconomic Outcomes: A Case Study of Pakistan”, (with Hakro, Nawaz) The Lahore Journal of Economics, 2006. His research interests include economics of corruption, growth and development, governance, political economy and public economics. His current research project includes topics related to corruption and growth, monopoly and innovation.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 2/15/2011 11:40:00 AM,
Dr Nawazish Mirza is Associate Professor of Finance at Lahore School. He holds a PhD in Financial Markets and an MPhil in Quantitative Finance from Financial Markets Group at University of Paris (Dauphine). His PhD dissertation was awarded the highest French academic honour of “Très honorable avec felicitations” (US Equivalent of Summa Cum Laude). Before joining Lahore School, he has worked as Equity Analyst at BNP Paris Bas, Paris and as Financial Analyst at Pakistan Credit Rating Agency. His research interests include empirical asset pricing and quantitative risk management. He is on editorial advisory board of various academic journals of international repute including “The Journal of Portfolio Management, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Asian Journal of Accounting and Finance and Lahore Journal of Economics”. He teaches courses in areas of Risk Management and Financial Markets.
Dr Mirza is also an alumni of Lahore School of Economics (MBA Class of 2000).
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 1/08/2011 05:58:00 PM,
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