Strengthening food systems
Achieving food security and nutrition for all goes beyond eliminating hunger – which is a high priority under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 agenda. SDG2 – ‘End hunger, achieve…
Tenure Track System reforms
The Tenure Track System (TTS) was introduced by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) in 2002, as part of the strategy for reforming education quality. The objective was to attract…
Call for independent financial reporting body
The Audit Oversight Board (AOB) established under the SECP Act, 1997 to regulate audit profession in the country and the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) recently formed under the control of…
A crippled healthcare system
The recent novel coronavirus has exposed the fault lines in the healthcare system around the globe. It has unmasked the ugly face of the big money-hungry pharma monsters. Even states…
Some thoughts on improving global financial governance
Globalization has recently come under attack for having given rise to excessive nationalism and protectionism. Excessive nationalism and protectionism carry the potential to hamper global economic recovery. For this reason,…
10 years ago, Iceland’s massive financial crisis erupted
Banks in ruins, a currency in free fall and the IMF called to the rescue: A decade ago Iceland's worst financial crisis erupted, a traumatic experience the nation still struggles…
Illicit financial flows in the region
A recent study (November 24, 2017) provides an assessment of routes, actors and sources of Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) and corruption in and between Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal,…
Putting brokerage houses under financial strain
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued a notification recently for the change of Brokerage Regime for Capital Markets. Under the proposed regime SECP intends to increase…
Breakdown of trust in financial system deepens crisis in Lebanon
Lebanese student Fatima Jaber’s family is struggling to pay off multiple loans with double-digit interest rates. Even before the start of protests that have forced out Lebanon’s prime minister, her…
Impeachment and the American system
The specter of impeachment is haunting President Donald Trump, who has been accused by his critics of abusing his powers, obstructing justice and lying to the nation. According to expert,s…
