My heartfelt condolences to those Pakistanis who bought tickets for #PakvsInd match

🇵🇰 won the toss

Pakistan is looking to bolster its reputation as cricket's most unpredictable and volatile team. It's played quite well so far against a strong India team and seems to be managing any pitch/weather-related challenges so far. #INDvPAK

I’m not joking, every single player in the top 7 should be permanently dropped from the t20 team after the World Cup. Start completely fresh with an under 25 team and build them up. Not a single player has the mental fortitude or wherewithal to succeed on the biggest stage.

Interested in #Economics research, #ImpactEvaluation & #GenderEquality? The World Bank’s #Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) is hiring an ETC Economist w/expertise in firms, labor markets, capital, and/or agriculture. PhD preferred. 🗓️Apply by June 20! worldbankgroup.csod.com/ats/careersite…

The World Bank's SAR Education team is looking for an RA for work on schooling in Pakistan. If you're interested email me for more information. Econ RA Listings

Imagine your son burned alive by a mob during a vacation to Swat. And before you can even mourn him you must condemn him because those who have a taste for blood will want more. We are devouring our own children in this epidemic

In World Economic Forum 2024 Global Gender Gap Report, Pakistan is ranked at bottom (145/146 countries) exceeded in gender gap by only Sudan. Serious policy actions must be taken by Govt to reverse this consistently catastrophic ranking #GenderGap weforum.org/publications/g…

Pakistan’s rice cultivation is almost exclusively canal-fed. Water sector experts unanimously insist that if the canal water consumption in rice cultivation were priced on market basis, Pakistani growers would cease to cultivate rice altogether. The $4 billion annual rice export

What a knock by Kohli! You may call it a slow 76 off 59 balls, but it’s a very responsible innings. Remember, this is a World Cup final; Kohli had no other option but to take responsibility and play carefully, and he did it. His 76 made India very strong. #INDvSA

📌11th ECINEQ Conference📌 Happy to announce that the 11th ECINEQ Conference will be hosted by World Bank from July 9 to July 11, 2025. Local organizers: Luis Felipe López-Calva, Deon Filmer, Haishan Fu. More info in the coming months. Nora Lustig Cecilia García Peñalosa Elena Bárcena Martín

‘How Chinese loans trapped Pakistan's economy.’ As Pakistan works on enacting economic reforms under a new multibillion-dollar IMF bailout, Islamabad must first figure out what to do with its mountain of debt owed to China. Haroon Janjua for DW News dw.com/en/how-chinese…

This is how Pakistan is run. Based on the announced Federal Budget 2024-25. Imagine this was the budget of your household. What might you change? Where would your priority for reform lie? It's not rocket science. It's not even economics!

2023 census detailed results finally out. On the electricity front, 11.2% of all rural households now use solar panels as their primary energy source. Number likely would've gone up further by a few points since census fieldwork was carried out: pbs.gov.pk/digital-census…

Pride of Pakistan. 🇵🇰

We are always natural friends 🇵🇰💕🇮🇳 #ArshadNadeem #NeerajChopra #PakistanZindabad #GOLD #OlympicGamesParis

What a proud moment for the nation 🇵🇰

On poverty traps, and Pakistan Poverty is a terrible thing - but it always comes with a silver lining. Poor people are willing to work for less, and knowledge they can use to be more productive is already out there. If only a government can help harness this natural advantage,

The nexus between power and plots in Pakistan has seriously affected the economy Its led to a high consumption and low productivity economy. Pakistan generates one of the lowest share of revenue from land/property - which is inefficient (more on this in my previous post)

The The Economist covers new paper by Nora Lustig Sailesh Tiwari Maria Ana Lugo and Yang Wang on redistributive effects of Fiscal Policy in China using Commitment to Equity methodology