Enhancing the role of private sector in the overall development agenda is the key to sustainable future of Pakistan.
Introduction
Center for Private Sector Management (CPSM) is a strenuous effort of SDPI to support private sector in Pakistan through cutting-edge research, advocacy, evidence-based policy support, and stakeholders’ engagement. It aims to improve and promote the sustainable business practices in Pakistan through action research, better communication, and news ways of capacity building. In line with the national measures through an interactive approach, CPSE engages itself with partners to mobilize work on better business regulations, tax reforms, e-commerce, trade & export competitiveness, quality of investment, private sector role in SDGs, monetary policy, regional connectivity, energy economics, project management, and social enterprise development.
Objectives:
Main objectives of the Centre are as follows:
- To raise the private sector’s voice in decision-making by providing evidence-based research to policy making circles.
- To help the private sector enhance its capacity for sustainability, and
- To advocate for its inclusive and friendly policies among the quarters concerned to ensure its transparency and accountability.
- To explore ways for creating a linkage between public and private sector, aligning their wider agenda with SDGs 16.6, 17.6, & 17.7, sectoral policy reforms, investment streams, and other windows of opportunities in achieving these goals.
Thematic Areas
The Centre caters for the following thematic areas.
- Political Economy
- Trade & Investment
- Energy
- Business Regulation
- Entrepreneurship
Communication & Outreach
- Podcast series on cross-border trade
- SDTV Talk Show series.
- Short documentaries
- Op-Eds, and blogs
National Network of Economic Think Tanks
We work to explore pathways to improve the business climate in Pakistan looking into the prospects of medium to long-term growth opportunities based on an inclusive approach, through dialogues, knowledge-sharing, bridging the gap between academic research and policymakers thinking, and better sharing and the dissemination of research related to the business environment, SDPI has formed an inclusive body in the name of National Network of Economic Think-Tanks.
Focal Person: Ahad Nazir
Team Members
Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Executive Director, Senior Research Fellow
Vaqar Ahmed
Joint Executive Director
Ahad Nazir
Program manager/ Head Center for Private Sector Engagement
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News/Articles
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President highlights enormous potential of Blue Economy
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Opportunities and challenges of regional trade
E-commerce allows SMEs to boost exports
E-Commerce provides opportunities to SMEs to boost exports
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E-COMMERCE PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO SMES TO BOOST EXPORTS
E Commerce Provides Opportunities To SMEs To Boost Exports
ای کامرس کا شعبہ معاونت سے عالمی منڈیوں تک رساءی حاصل کر سکتا ہے، ماہرین
Trade to play vital role in post-Covid economic recovery: experts
Op-ed section
Doing business in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mental well-being and tele-psychology
Water stress and climate change
Industry-academia linkage for MSMEs development
Blue economy and sustainable development
Pathway for a digital Pakistan
Opportunities and challenges of regional trade
Opportunities and challenges of regional trade
A roadmap for political reform
Events
Related Publication
Investment Regime in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (PB-91)
A Study of Marginalized Voices with Special Focus on Women Entrepreneurs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Annual State of Renewable Energy Report Pakistan
Beyond the Pandemic: Leaving No One Behind
Towards Green Economy in Pakistan-Perspectives for Clean Energy Transition
Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies: Creative and Social Enterprise in Pakistan
Quality of Foreign Capital: Perspectives from Pakistan’s Private Sector
Boosting Pakistan’s Export Competitiveness: Private Sector Perspectives
Projects
Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies (DICE) Research and Policy Component
Improving Private Sector's Voice in Preparation of Economic Manifestos
Pre-election Economic Reforms Campaign
Provincial Taxation Reforms in Pakistan
Better Business Regulatory Environment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)
SDPI’s Core Training Areas
- Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)
- Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
- Planning Appraisal and Execution
- Community Mobilization and Social Change Management
- Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership
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- Community Development for Behavioural Change Impact
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- Project Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation
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INTERNATIONAL TRAININGS
SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
SDPI Executive Education
Dr. Fareeha Armughan, Lead of the centre, is part of FACULTY of Evidence-Based Program Design
• CERP Executive Education by Faculty including industry leaders and experts in the field.
• Presented in collaboration with the CLEAR Initiative and Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD), at Harvard Kennedy School, the workshop provides participants with the technical tools required to apply a structured and highly practical approach to Programme design and implementation.