Strongly recommend this fully funded MPhil program at LSE with 25K monthly stipend as well. Please keep up the great work Waqar Wadho 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Had a great second session of the CREB Development Research Seminar Series. Many thanks to the speaker Amal Ahmad and panelists Kate Vyborny, Sanval Nasim and Maryiam Haroon

Lahore School of Economics has one of the best econ programs in the country with a stellar faculty and mentors. Highly recommended for aspiring economists.

It is my privilege to present this article: "How State’s Patronage To Elite Class Is Worsening Pakistan’s Economic Crisis" in the series: Is There A Way Forward for Pakistan?" in Dissent Today. The writer Dr Muhammad Tayyab Safdar holds an MPhil and PhD in Development Studies

The BREAD virtual courses on Development Economics are an excellent free resource for PhD students anywhere in the world. Earlier courses covered education; credit, risk, and insurance; migration; and firms. New one on environment & development below: Imran Rasul Pascaline Dupas

Happening now! David Evans Touching upon a very important question: What works in getting across effective teachers’ training (something every country has budget allocated for)?

#ADE2023 kicks off with a plenary talk by David Evans on improving teacher quality. He showed compelling statistics on the (positive) implications of improving teacher quality on student learning.

Next we have this really interesting research on how the intra-household bargaining between parents and young women interacts with skills training these women receive. Hamna Ahmed Zunia Saif Tirmazee #ADE2023

#ADE2023 Happening Now! Timothy Köhler (University of Cape Town) shares findings from South Africa, discussing the impact of cash transfers to the unemployed on economic activity. Lahore School of Economics CREB IGC Pakistan

What an exciting series of presentations! A big shout out to all presenters: @anrisakaki, Hamna Ahmed, Christian Meyer, Uzma Afzal, Rocco Zizzamia, Tim Köhler, Muhammad Bin Khalid, Abdullah Mehta. Organizers: @TheLahoreSchool, CREB,Innovation and Technology Centre, IGC Pakistan and CDPR

Very exciting talk by the plenary speaker Danila Serra (Texas A&M University) on: "The Impact of War Violence on Women: The Case of Girls’ Abductions in Northern Uganda" @TheLahoreSchool, CREB, Innovation and Technology Centre, IGC Pakistan and CDPR #ADE2023.

1) Interesting work by Zunia Saif Tirmazee (Lahore School of Economics), Elisabetta Gentile(Asian Development Bank), Nikita Kohli (Sanford School of Public Policy), Nivedhitha Subramanian(Bates Economics) Kate Vyborny (DevLab@Duke) on gender gaps in labor market outcomes in Pakistan.

Exciting field experiment by Sanval Nasim (Colby College) and Andreas Stegmann (University of Warwick) to study whether concerns to preserve an anti-liberal self-image affect low-cost, private school owners’ willingness to explore a collaboration with a liberal Pakistani NGO.

What a fantastic group TheLahoreSchool Pk & CREB have. I’m in awe at the brilliant women who make this such a vibrant environment. Can somebody write a paper on the impact they are having on female students? I’m sure it’s HUGE! Hamna Ahmed Zunia Saif Tirmazee

Join us for day 3 of #ADE2023, organized by Lahore School of Economics, CREB, Innovation and Technology Centre, IGC Pakistan and CDPR on Friday, 25th August, at 10 00 (PKT). Plenary speakers: Azam Chaudhry & Theresa Chaudhry (Lahore School of Economics) Register now: forms.gle/LeK8zL825s8wGi…

DAAD Scholarship in Germany 2024-25 for International students (Fully Funded) Details: bit.ly/3SsZhqM Scholarship Coverage: ☆ Full tuition fees ☆ Monthly stipend ☆ Travel allowance ☆ Monthly rent subsidy ☆ Accommodation, accident and health insurance.

I got to see three of these authors present new work last week at Lahore School of Economics last week. I recommend following their work!

The best applied economics conference in Pak. Thank you CREB and Lahore School of Economics for having me over. I had a fantastic time engaging with other presenters and learning about their work. Hope to present at the next edition.

Today's cool young researcher #EconTwitter is Zunia Saif Tirmazee at the Lahore School of Economics who works on questions related to labor, gender + education sites.google.com/view/zuniasaif…

CJP Isa through a full court and live transmission has at least shown that he unlike his predecessor isn't scared of dissent from his colleagues. Under the previous CJP dissenting notes would be deleted from the Supreme Court website and today the new CJP wants entire proceedings