The age of data
Regardless of personal views, it's evident that the bureaucracy and political leadership are fundamental in designing and implementing government policies and hold considerable expertise. This is why it is crucial…
The gendered costs of climate change
The 2022 floods were a case study on: a) how changing weather patterns will dramatically escalate disasters in magnitude and frequency and exacerbate the human and economic cost; b) the…
Bridging the digital gender divide
“People say I am a genius. I might be one, but I am not the only one. There are many other Pakistani girls and boys like me. All those gems…
Budget FY25 through the Laffer Curve
The Laffer Curve, a concept named after American economist Arthur Laffer, expresses the relationship between tax rates and government revenue. This theory becomes particularly relevant in light of Pakistan's recently…
Budget FY25: Test of fiscal discipline
Walking a tightrope to balance income against expenditure without hurting the people and losing political capital has always remained a challenge for the finance minister of Pakistan who is making…
Education emergency: now or never
“Let me read, let me grow”, said a 10-year-old child I met in Mirpurkhas. And this is primarily the voice of every child I have met in Pakistan. The first…
Do we need a Charter for Change?
In public policy literature, ‘policy silos’ describe the phenomenon where policies are developed in isolation from other policy areas and without coordination. This term highlights the negative consequences of fragmented…
Multilateral solutions for a better tomorrow
The United Nations will convene a ‘Summit of the Future (SOTF)’ in New York on September 22-23, in conjunction with the high-level week of the 79th Session of the General…
Taxing the auto industry
Economists of the 20th century believe that a thriving industrial sector is crucial to the development of a modern economy. In 2010, Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang observed that development without…
Wheat woes: plenty to precarious
Jubilations about the country achieving a historic bumper wheat crop have become short-lived and have instead been overtaken by the saga of slow sales and falling price levels, resulting in…
