Workshop on “COVID-19 Health and Socio-Economic Crises: Consequences on Population and Migration in the Gulf”

Dr. Nasra M. Shah, Professor at Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), Lahore School of Economics co-organized a virtual workshop with Dr. Francoise De Bel-Air on “COVID-19 Health and Socio-economic Crises: Consequences on Population and Migration in the Gulf”. The workshop was held on July 23-24 under the Gulf Research Meeting (GRM) 2021 at Cambridge University, UK. […]

26

Jul

Remittance diversity and economic stability

By Dr Mazhar Mughal/Dr Junaid Ahmed Published in The Express Tribune on July 21, 2021 The just-ended financial year (FY21) witnessed a record increase in home remittances, which crossed $29 billion for the first time in the country’s history. The 27% year-on-year growth is the highest the country has seen since FY04. Since the 1970s oil boom,[…]