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3/3 What proportion of the poorest households in Pakistan will really be sheilded by a fuel price differential for 2-wheelers? This article is also available as a blog on our website, click on the link below: researchcollective.org/blog/targeting…

2/3 Data from HIES shows us the assumption that 4-wheelers are owned by the rich while 2-wheelers are used by everyone else is not straightforward. While the assumption holds for 4-wheelers, it becomes more complex when we look at the relationship b/w 2-wheeler ownership & wealth

1/3 As war in the Middle East continues, Pakistan is mulling the adoption of measures such as fuel rationing and retail price differentials for two and 4-wheelers. What does the data tell us? Check out the latest article by @HarisGazdar and Sohail Javed: dawn.com/news/1985309

This is part of a working paper series by Anker Research Institute and is co-authored by @asad_sayeed and @dkab91

and minimum wages in particular and demonstrates its shortcomings in ensuring decent wages for workers. Finally, it concludes by discussing possible policy choices within the prevailing political economy milieu of Pakistan. 3/3

Living Wage in Pakistan: Estimates, Adoption and Policy Challenges This paper explores the living wage in Pakistan by providing consolidated and updated living wage estimates for two rural regions and one urban region of Pakistan. 1/3 Link to the paper: researchcollective.org/publication/li…

Specific to the climate vulnerabilities identified in Sindh, we provide indicative DRR initiatives for floods, droughts, sea water intrusion and heat stress.

3. According to the @UNDRR's Sendai Framework, a cardinal principle of an effective disaster response is to “leave no one behind.” This is to ensure the inclusion of marginalized individuals and communities vulnerable to disaster related events.

In partnership with the @The_IGC , we explore the impact of specific climate vulnerabilities that Sindh has suffered from in the recent past & assess policy responses that are needed for appropriate mitigation strategies. Read the full blog here: researchcollective.org/blog/climate-c…

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This policy brief written by @ZohaWaseem explores how Provincial Autonomy is undermined in Public Policing in Hybrid Regimes & the extent to which the 18th Amendment has helped curtail hybridity in a pluralized policing landscape in Pakistan.👇 researchcollective.org/publication/po… @USIP

This report on Hybrid Governance & Federalism in Pakistan addresses the impact of the 18th Amendment in enhancing political, administrative and fiscal federalism in Pakistan. researchcollective.org/publication/fe… Support by @USIP is duly acknowledged.

Lastly, the ballooning pension bills of both the provinces and the Federal government are unsustainable and need to be addressed to create fiscal space. 13/n

Exemptions and subsidies have put approximately 4% of GDP outside the tax net. Fiscal equalization requires further deepening (consider concentration of poverty in Balochistan, and Climate Change vulnerability in Sindh, KP and Balochistan). 12/n

"In a state characterized by multifarious centripetal forces, the fact that significant devolution in the form of the 7th NFC Award and 18th Amendment has endured for over a decade is no mean feat"-@asad_sayeed @USIP Read the full brief here: researchcollective.org/publication/fi…