Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) is a policy research institute registered as a nonprofit limited company in Pakistan. Focusing on issues of poverty and inequality, governance, gender, climate and pro-poor macro-economic policy, it contributes to the national goal of social development through research, policy advice and advocacy. Established in 1995, SPDC has made significant intellectual contribution in placing issues of pro-poor growth and social development on Pakistan's policy-making agenda. With its headquarters based in Karachi, SPDC has recently established its outreach office in Islamabad.
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Pakistan's economy is confronted with a severe economic crisis, which is characterized by high levels of inflation, low economic activity, low foreign reserves, a depreciating currency, and enormous public finance imbalances. The prevailing political uncertainty is further contributing to the proble ...
2023-08-14 | Research Report
Fiscal and monetary policies are in contradiction with each other which has negative implications for achieving the macroeconomic and fiscal targets presented by the government in the Federal Budget 2023-24. The budget portrays a weak resource mobilization strategy where net revenue receipts of the ...
2023-06-22 | Others
Pakistan's economy is confronted with a severe economic crisis, which is characterized by high levels of inflation, low economic activity, low foreign reserves, a depreciating currency, and enormous public finance imbalances. The prevailing political uncertainty is further contributing to the proble ...
2023-06-20 | Research and Policy Brief
CONDOLENCE - DR. PERVEZ TAHIR 1947 - 2023...
Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC), the University of Karachi and the Social Policy and Develo...
The University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) Institute for Health Research and Policy is funding a group of economists to develop evidence-based policy support for effective tobacco tax policies in low- and middle-income countries with the highest rates of tobacco consumption. The global collabor ...
Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) is undertaking a series of informed and interactive dialogues, on various topics covering a range of the drivers of violent extremism (VE) in Pakistan. The aim of the project is to increase understanding of violent extremism related issues by government re ...
Tobacconomics Regional Think Tank Partners Meeting was held on November 14-16, 2023, at the Hotel Sheraton City Center, Istanbul, Türkiye. The meeting was organized by the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) under the project "Accelerating Progress on Tobacco Taxes in Low- and Middle-Income Countr More ..
Event Date: 14/11/2023
The Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC) and the Social Policy Development Centre (SPDC) jointly organized a panel discussion on ‘Policy Choices During the Economic Crisis and Beyond’. The event was held on May 23, 2023 at University of Karachi. The panelists included Mr. Muhammad Asif Iqbal More ..
Event Date: 25/05/2023
Fiscal and monetary policies are in contradiction with each other which has negative implications for achieving the macroeconomic and fiscal targets presented by the government in the Federal Budget 2023-24. The budget portrays a weak resource mobilization strategy where net revenue receipts of the More ..
Event Date: 21/06/2023
The Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) hosted a webinar on 'The Impact of Tobacco Use on Household Consumption Patterns in Pakistan' on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Purpose of the webinar was to share the findings of recent research work of SPDC on the above mentioned topic. The study explor More ..
Event Date: 26/08/2020
Interactive Dialogue - Governance Failure and Violent Extremism Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) organized an interactive dialogue titled; “Governance Failure and Violent Extremism,” on March 11, 2020 at Avari Towers, Karachi. The dialogue was the second in the series of informe More ..
Event Date: 11/03/2023
Interactive Dialogue - Unemployment, Youth and Violent Extremism Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) organized an interactive dialogue titled; “Unemployment, Youth and Violent Extremism,” on January 15, 2020 at Avari Towers, Karachi. The dialogue was the second in the series of inf More ..
Event Date: 15/01/2020
