COVID-19 Pandemic's Economic Burden in Pakistan
小组座谈
About the Event
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)
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)
Speakers
| 名称 | 标题 | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Dr.Ali Cheema | Cofounder CERP and Associate professor of Economics at LUMS | 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. |
| Dr. Basit Zafar | Professor, Department of Economics | 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 |
| Dr. Ghazala Mansuri | Lead Economist, Poverty Reduction & Equity Group | 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 |
| Taimur Shah | MPA-ID candidate | 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. |