National Network of Economic Think Tanks

Partners:

Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Punjab. ( Mr. Shahid Kardar / Ms. Hafsa Tanvir )
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Sindh. ( Prof. Farrukh Iqbal / Associate Professor Asma Hyder )
Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering, and Management Sciences, Quetta, Balochistan ( Dr. Abdus Salam Lodhi / Mr. Noor Ahmed )
Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ( Dr. Muhammad Rafique )
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad. ( Ms. Lubna Hassan )
Pakistan Business Council. ( Mr. Saud Bangash )
All Pakistan Textile Mills Association. ( Mr. Hamid Tufail )
Pakistan Software House Association ( Mr. Shryar Hydri )
Pakistan Alliance for Girl’s Education ( Ms. Rabia Fajer )
Centre for Global Innovators ( Mr. Imran Jattala )
The Indus Entrepreneurs ( Mr. Mansoor Malik )
Independent Research Economist ( Dr. Nadia Farooq )
CRSS (Mr. Mustafa Malik )
Amreli Steel ( Syed Wajid I. Bukhari )
Planning Commission ( Mr. Hamid Mehmood )
Air University ( Air Cmdr (Retd) Afzaal Ahmed Khan )
Business Recorder-Research ( Ali Khizar/Sohaib Jamali )
CPEC Centre of Excellence ( Dr. Ahsan Abbas )

Team Members:

Dr. Vaqar Ahmed, Ahad Nazir

Introduction:

This project is the part of an interactive and structured Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) model being used by CIPE-SDPI to reform economic issues through positive debate. In order to ensure sustainability of the PPD model, this year SDPI is also forming a stakeholders’ network comprising think-tanks, business associations, academia, independent economists, and researchers.

Objectives:

The project aims to generate a debate and formulate policy recommendations on:
the means of future economic growth in Pakistan
the best suited growth sectors for job creation in Pakistan
how to ease and reduce the cost of doing business in Pakistan
the role of government institutions, parliamentary committees, think-tanks, academic institutes, and business associations in economic growth agenda

Expected Outcomes:

A sustainable PPD style debate on economic reforms in Pakistan
Enhanced political consensus on economic issues
Further improvement in Doing Business Ranking of Pakistan

Project Activities

Phase 1:

Five focus group discussions, one in each provincial capital and one in Islamabad
Quarterly meetings of Network members
Five Public-Private Dialogues, one in each of the four provinces and the capital that include private sector representatives and elected & appointed government officials
Documented independent briefings with the representatives of Senate and National Assembly Standing Committees
Report on economic agenda of the new government that assesses the number of SDPI-related recommendations adopted
Briefing modules/presentations designed for all of the above meetings
Preparation of media kits
Host and regularly update a webpage that archives details of the above-mentioned outputs

Phase 2:

Three Public Private Dialogues on Business Regulation Reforms in Pakistan
Three quarterly bulletins to highlight the quality of foreign capital inflows in Pakistan