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Apr

Minimum wage is no puzzler

By Dr Pervez Tahir Published in The Express Tribune on December 17, 2021 Employers have gone to the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the Sindh High Court judgement endorsing the provincial government’s decision to fix minimum wage at Rs25,000 per month. The legal argument is that due procedure has not been followed, while the economic case refers […]

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Apr

SIR — Save, implement and review

By Ishrat Husain Published in The News on April 15, 2022 The new coalition government has assumed power at a time of deep external and internal economic difficulties in the midst of a highly-polarized polity and society. The immediate temptation would be to distance itself from what the previous government had done and formulate a brand new[…]

Research Fellows and Graduates of GIDS to participate in the 7th European Research Conference on Microfinance

Research fellows and graduates of GIDS will be participating in the 7th European Research Conference on Microfinance to be held at Yunus Center for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK from the 20th till 22nd June, 2022. Details of the participants are given below: Five paper presentations by: Ms. Almazia Shahzad, Research Fellow, GIDS Paper titled “The Need to Rethink Microfinance” Ms. Samar Quddus, Research Fellow,[…]