Research Fellows and Graduates of GIDS to participate in the Development Studies Association Annual Conference

Members of GIDS research team including the research fellows and research associates, as well as students (former and currently enrolled) will be participating in the annual conference of the Development Studies Association (DSA) titled “Just Sustainable Futures in an Urbanising and Mobile World”. It is being organized and hosted by UCL, UK and will be held from 6th till the 8th of July, 2022. Details of the […]

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Remittances hit all-time high in March

By Salman Siddiqui Published in The Express Tribune on April 14, 2022 KARACHI: The workers’ remittances received by Pakistan hit an all-time high of $2.8 billion in March, extending support to foreign exchange reserves and rupee against the US dollar. “This is the highest ever monthly level for workers’ remittances,” Pakistan’s central bank reported on Thursday. Cumulatively,[…]

Reshaping Norms: A New Way Forward

Executive Summary The uneven recovery from the pandemic has left countries in South Asia with multiple policy challenges, which are exacerbated by the impact of the war in Ukraine. While several countries are navigating rising inflation and growing difficulties to finance fiscaldeficits and trade deficits, the region must also chart a new way forward to address rising[…]