Pakistan

What type of contracts do microfinance clients prefer?

Research shows that microfinance clients use credit and savings as commitment devices to accumulate lump sums. Evidence from Pakistan suggests high demand for fixed-repayment contracts, but low demand for commitment add-ons in both credit and savings...

Finance

Uzma Afzal Giovanna d'Adda Marcel Fafchamps Simon Quinn Farah Said

Published

12.03.25

Why Pakistan is locked into overpriced and environmentally damaging power sector contracts

Annual capacity payments to private power producers are six times higher than Pakistan’s annual healthcare budget, yet nearly half of the power capacity remains unused. What explains this phenomenon?

Energy & Environment

Sugandha Srivastav

Published

27.11.24

Information and training helps individuals forecast and adapt to air pollution

Air pollution causes seven million deaths each year. New evidence from Pakistan shows that improving individuals’ ability to forecast air pollution allows them to adapt better.

Energy & Environment

Husnain Fateh Ahmad Matthew Gibson Fatiq Nadeem Sanval Nasim Arman Rezaee

Published

28.10.24

children in school in Pakistan - European Union, 2020 (photographer Mallika Panorat)

Boosting academic achievement: The role of teacher expectations, information and classroom peers

Communicating tailored high teacher expectations led to large improvements in student performance in Pakistan. Providing reminders about past performance also had similar effects, particularly in environments with low parental literacy, whilst peer m...

Education

Minahil Asim Ronak Jain Vatsal Khandelwal

Published

31.07.24

Getting good politicians into politics

Emphasising the ability to support and assist one’s community through elected office encouraged ordinary citizens to run for office in Pakistan which improved subsequent policy outcomes

Institutions & Political Economy

Saad Gulzar Muhammad Yasir Khan

Published

11.04.24

Increasing women voters’ turnout in Pakistan

Evidence from Pakistan demonstrates that, in contexts where men act as gatekeepers, efforts to improve political outcomes for women need to engage men

Institutions & Political Economy

Ali Cheema Sarah Khan Asad Liaqat Shandana Khan Mohmand

Published

31.01.24

Real estate for rulings in Pakistan

Government real estate allocations to judges tilt the scales of justice in Pakistan's courtrooms

Institutions & Political Economy

Sultan Mehmood Bakhtawar Ali

Published

01.02.24

Simplifying communication dramatically increased job application rates on a platform in Pakistan

Lowering the psychological cost of initiating job applications dramatically increases application rates without lowering the average return to each job application

Labour Markets

Maniha Aftab Aiman Farrukh Erica Field Robert Garlick Sarah Hussain Lala Rukh Khan Nivedhitha Subramanian Kate Vyborny

Published

25.09.23

Udder success: Empowering farmers through information on veterinarian quality

An information clearinghouse provided accurate information to rural farmers in Pakistan, reducing information asymmetries and increasing veterinarian effort

Agriculture

Ali Hasanain Muhammad Yasir Khan Arman Rezaee

Published

14.07.23