A panel discussion on Pakistan’s Population Prerogative was held at Adab Festival Pakistan on February 3, 2019 at Governor’s House Karachi. The discussion was based on SPDC’s research report entitled ‘The 2017 Census of Pakistan: Analyses of Results’. The panelists included Dr. Mehtab S. K ..
Final dissemination event of the project, Economic and Social Costs of Violence against Girls and Women was held on June 15, 2019 in Islamabad. Summary report was launched in the event, which was attended by representatives from government, academia and civil society sector. Presentations on the fin ..
SPDC conducted an analysis of the changes in the rates and structure of FED on cigarettes that were introduced in the Federal Budget 2019-20. It estimated the impact of these changes on consumption of cigarettes and the revenue collected through FED and GST. In order to share the findings with relev ..
State of the Economy and Reform Agenda Seminar & Book Launch of Growth and Inequality in Pakistan: Agenda for Reforms by Dr. Hafiz A. Pasha Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) in collaboration with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Pakistan organized a seminar on “State of the Economy ..
Interactive Dialogue - Nexus between Intolerance & Violent Extremism Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) organized an interactive dialogue titled; “Nexus between intolerance and violent extremism,” on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at Avari Towers, Karachi. The dialogue was the fir ..
In order to share the research findings with relevant stakeholders, a dissemination seminar on Quantifying the Potential Tax Base of Cigarette Industry in Pakistan was held in Islamabad on December 6, 2019. The seminar was attended by representatives from various stakeholders including government, m ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..