COVID-19 Pandemic's Economic Burden in Pakistan
Dr. Ali Cheema - to comment on COVID-19 Pandemic's Economic Burden in Pakistan (https://mhrc.lums.edu.pk/pakistan-dialogues/covid-19-pandemic-economic-burden-in-pakistan.html)
Dr. Ghazala Mansuri - to comment on World Bank's work on food insecurities
Dr. Basit Zafar - to comment on EVA (https://www.cerp.org.pk/news/economic-vulnerability-assessment-january-2021)
Dr. Ghazala Mansuri - to comment on World Bank's work on food insecurities
Dr. Basit Zafar - to comment on EVA (https://www.cerp.org.pk/news/economic-vulnerability-assessment-january-2021)
Event Type:Panel
Region :South Asia
Start Date:June 1
Track:Building Forward Better
Target Audience
Academics, Government Officials, Non-Profit Organizers, Private Sector, Policymakers/Parliamentarians, Evaluation Practitioners
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Speaker, Presenter, or Instructor
Speaker:Dr.Ali Cheema
Organization : Centre for Economic Research In Pakistan
Short Biography :He is one of the founding members & a board member at CERP. He is a Senior Research Fellow at IDEAS and has extensive experience in research and policy work in the areas of political economy, governance, the applied economics of crime &social protection skills, and the labor market.
Title :Cofounder CERP and Associate professor of Economics at LUMS
Speaker:Dr. Basit Zafar
Organization :University of Michigan
Short Biography :He is an economist in the Microeconomic and Regional Studies Function, with particular interests in labor economics, economics of education, and applied microeconomics. His research focuses on understanding how individuals make decisions under uncertainty and in the presence of social interactions
Title :Professor, Department of Economics
Speaker:Dr. Ghazala Mansuri
Organization :World Bank
Short Biography :A lead economist in the Poverty Reduction and Equity Group of the World Bank. Her research spans four broad areas: rural land, labor and credit markets, the economics of household behavior, & the political economy of participatory development and institutional and governance reforms for development
Title :Lead Economist, Poverty Reduction & Equity Group
Speaker:Taimur Shah
Organization :Harvard Kennedy School
Short Biography :Taimur is currently an MPA-ID candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School, with a background as a tech entrepreneur and engineer. He started and led CERP Labs, a software unit working at the intersection of technology and economic development in Lahore.
Title :MPA-ID candidate