Documents & Reports
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Understanding Home-Based Workers in Pakistan : A Focus on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan (English)
At 24.4 percent, Pakistan’s female labor force participation rate is among the world’s lowest. Female labor force participation is critical to promoting gender equality, development, and inclusive growth...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 197710 Document Date: March 7, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Uzma Quresh,Zahra Mansoor,Maria Qazi,Hibah Tipu Sheikh
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Poverty Projections for Pakistan : Nowcasting and Forecasting (English)
In the fiscal year 2018/19, 21.9 percent of the population in Pakistan lived below the national poverty line. Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic, devastating floods in 2022, and a macro-fiscal crisis with...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS11010 Document Date: December 30, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Oscar Eduardo Barriga Cabanillas,Kishwar,Shabana,Moritz Meyer,Nasir,Muhammad,Maria Qazi
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Mind the Gap : Assessing Pakistan’s National Socio-economic Registry (NSER) (English)
The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) was initiated in 2008 in Pakistan to aid the poor and vulnerable, particularly in response to the global financial crisis. The National Socio-Economic Registry...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 194522 Document Date: November 5, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Zaineb Majoka,Christina Wieser,Maria Qazi,Fonseca, David Guzman,Thomas Pave Sohnesen,Ibrahim Khan