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Message from the Director |
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Building Research Linkages |
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The Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB) was established in 2007, as an independent research centre at the Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan. Its primary objective is to conduct policy-oriented research with a rigorous academic perspective on key development issues facing Pakistan and to promote public debate on policy issues through conferences, seminars, and publications. CREB organizes the Lahore School’s Annual Conference on the Management of the Pakistan Economy, and publishes Working Paper and Policy Paper Series to disseminate the research being done at the Centre.
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Research in Focus |
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Financial Crisis and Migrant Remittances: Estimating the Effects on Growth and Poverty |
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Salman Asim, Anum Bukhari, Azam Chaudhry, Naved Hamid, Aisha Khan, Mahreen Mahmud, Tareena Mussadiq
As the global economy recovers from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the growth in smaller South Asian economies maybe impacted by a drop in migrant remittances which are a most important source of external inflows. In 2008, remittances as a percentage of GDP in Pakistan (4.20%), Bangladesh (11.40%), and Sri Lanka (7.20%) exceeded official development assistance by More than four times, and financed a significant portion of the current account deficit. In this research initiative, sponsored by the South Asia Network for Economic Institutes (SANEI), a team of researchers from the Lahore School of Economics investigates empirically the effects of the global financial crisis on remittances growth and national income, and the impact of remittances on household poverty in these three economies.
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News from the Centre |
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Public vs. Private Schooling Choice at the Household Level |
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Why do parents choose low-cost private schools in Pakistan when free public schools are available? In 2008, 43 percent of the primary school children in rural areas of the Punjab province were enrolled in private schools. Yet, there is hardly any information about parental expectations regarding the benefits of sending their children to private schools. A team of researchers at CREB, led by Prof. Masooma Habib, has recently secured a research grant from the Privatization in Education Research Initiative (PERI) for undertaking a survey based study in rural Punjab to understand the reasons why parents send their children to private schools.
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Developing the International Growth Center Pakistan Program: ‘Firm Capabilities’ Research Cluster |
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The International Growth Center (IGC) Pakistan program aims to promote sustainable development in Pakistan through research partnerships in three areas: (i) macroeconomic stabilization and new growth initiatives, (ii) state capability, and (iii) social services. As part of the new growth initiative, the IGC Pakistan team has started work on developing a research program centered on ‘Firm Capabilities.’ In Pakistan, this effort is being led by Prof. Theresa Thompson Chaudhry of the Lahore School of Economics. International academics who are collaborating with Pakistani researchers in this cluster include Prof. Asim Ijaz Khawaja at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Prof. Chris Woodruff and Prof. Rocco Macchiavello at Warwick University.
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CREB at the 26th Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economics |
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Three papers authored by CREB research fellows were selected for presentation at the 26th annual meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economics (PSDE) held from December 28th - 30th, 2010 at Islamabad. The papers focused on the current inter-district inequalities in access to public goods, the relationship between internal migration patterns and inter-jurisdictional differences in public service provision, and the historical comparative development of districts within Punjab.
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More from the Centre |
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CREB Publications |
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The CREB Working Paper Series was started in 2008 to bring to a wider audience to the research being done at the Centre and by other researchers on Pakistan. CREB also initiated a Policy Paper Series in 2010 to publish papers more directly targeted toward a policy audience.
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7th Annual Conference on the Management of the Pakistan Economy: Financial Sector Development and Management |
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An important goal of the Centre is to promote public debate on policy issues through conferences, seminars, and publications. Each year, CREB organizes the Lahore School’s Annual Conference on the Management of the Pakistan Economy. The proceedings of the conference are published in a special issue of the Lahore
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Ongoing Research |
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Selected ongoing research at CREB
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