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)
Type d'Événement:Panel
Région :South Asia
Date de début:June 1
Thèmes:Building Forward Better
Public Cible
Academics, Government Officials, Non-Profit Organizers, Private Sector, Policymakers/Parliamentarians, Evaluation Practitioners

Informations sur le Conférencier/Moderateur/Instructeur

Speaker:Dr.Ali Cheema
Organisation : Centre for Economic Research In Pakistan
Courte biographie :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.
Titre :Cofounder CERP and Associate professor of Economics at LUMS
Speaker:Dr. Basit Zafar
Organisation :University of Michigan
Courte biographie :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
Titre :Professor, Department of Economics
Speaker:Dr. Ghazala Mansuri
Organisation :World Bank
Courte biographie :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
Titre :Lead Economist, Poverty Reduction & Equity Group
Speaker:Taimur Shah
Organisation :Harvard Kennedy School
Courte biographie :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.
Titre :MPA-ID candidate