Asset 1

Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI) 2020 launched                    111,75 Think Tanks across the world ranked in different categories.                SDPI is ranked 90th among “Top Think Tanks Worldwide (non-US)”.           SDPI stands 11th among Top Think Tanks in South & South East Asia & the Pacific (excluding India).            SDPI notches 33rd position in “Best New Idea or Paradigm Developed by A Think Tank” category.                SDPI remains 42nd in “Best Quality Assurance and Integrity Policies and Procedure” category.              SDPI stands 49th in “Think Tank to Watch in 2020”.            SDPI gets 52nd position among “Best Independent Think Tanks”.                           SDPI becomes 63rd in “Best Advocacy Campaign” category.                   SDPI secures 60th position in “Best Institutional Collaboration Involving Two or More Think Tanks” category.                       SDPI obtains 64th position in “Best Use of Media (Print & Electronic)” category.               SDPI gains 66th position in “Top Environment Policy Tink Tanks” category.                SDPI achieves 76th position in “Think Tanks With Best External Relations/Public Engagement Program” category.                    SDPI notches 99th position in “Top Social Policy Think Tanks”.            SDPI wins 140th position among “Top Domestic Economic Policy Think Tanks”.               SDPI is placed among special non-ranked category of Think Tanks – “Best Policy and Institutional Response to COVID-19”.                                            Owing to COVID-19 outbreak, SDPI staff is working from home from 9am to 5pm five days a week. All our staff members are available on phone, email and/or any other digital/electronic modes of communication during our usual official hours. You can also find all our work related to COVID-19 in orange entries in our publications section below.    The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) is pleased to announce its Twenty-third Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) from 14 – 17 December 2020 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The overarching theme of this year’s Conference is Sustainable Development in the Times of COVID-19. Read more…       FOOD SECIRITY DASHBOARD: On 4th Nov, SDPI has shared the first prototype of Food Security Dashboard with Dr Moeed Yousaf, the Special Assistant to Prime Minister on  National Security and Economic Outreach in the presence of stakeholders, including Ministry of National Food Security and Research. Provincial and district authorities attended the event in person or through zoom. The dashboard will help the government monitor and regulate the supply chain of essential food commodities.
Sindh Regional Income Accounts: Possible Entry Points for Improved Inputs for Budget Strategy Paper
By: SDPI
Tweet
Share

Project Team: John Grey, Nohman Ishtiaq, Vaqar Ahmed, Shujaat Ahmed

Partners: Government of Sindh, European Union Office, Oxford Policy Management

Time Frame: November 2016 – February 2017

Locale: Bureau of Statistics, Government of Sindh

Project summary:

This project was commissioned to support the Public Financial Management Programme which among other functions is evaluating how better regional income statistics for Sindh province can be formulated by the relevant statistics authorities in Pakistan (e.g. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics or Sindh Bureau of Statistics). The availability of regionally disaggregated GDP will enhance the information available to formulate an evidence-based Budget Strategy Paper and Annual Development Plan for Government of Sindh.

As part of our methodology to draft recommendations we familiarized ourselves with the current status of collection and compilation (if any) of Sindh regional incomes through consultations with Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) and provincial bureaus of statistics. Meetings were also held in Karachi to engage with Planning and Development Department and Sindh Bureau of Statistics to understand the likely scope, availability and timing of micro, meso or macro-level economic statistics expected to be generated under the on-going ‘Preparation of GDP for Province of Sindh’ project. This project has been approved by the Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan through a modified PC-I. During the process we also studied previous efforts by independent experts and development partners – who had previously generated Sindh’s regional income accounts as a one-off exercise.

Our recommendations in current form provide options for disaggregated data sources on macroeconomic indicators which can strengthen budget strategy paper’s preparation in Sindh, and also augment the process of preparation of regional income accounts at the Sindh Bureau of Statistics.

Tweet
Share

Share
Tweet