Every year farmers in the province of Pakistan receive a subsidy worth PKR 27 billion on the consumption of electricity for tube-wells. Federal and provincial government bear the cost of this subsidy with a 40:60 share, respectively, whereas farmers pay a minimal flat rate. The result has been a dramatic rise in the use of >> Read more Source: Pakistan Strategy Support Program
Training: Food Security Policy Change – Application of the Kaleidoscope Model
IFPRI Pakistan collaborated with Pakhtunkhwa Economic Policy Research Institute (PEPRI) for day-long workshop in Peshawar where IFPRI’s Kaleidoscope Model of Policy Change was introduced and then utilized by participants to examine the likely drivers of change in policies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa using practical case studies of current policy processes and attempted reforms. The training was >> Read more Source: Pakistan Strategy Support Program
Revitalizing Agricultural Policy Research in Pakistan
The International Food Policy Research Institute-Pakistan IFPRI under it's PACE program has been engaged with the federal and provincial governments in Pakistan to build their capacity and extending support in research based policy work through collaborative research, policy formulation efforts, and competitive research grants. IFPRI is also training a core team in the provinces for >> Read more Source: Pakistan Strategy Support Program
Towards setting up a Food Security and Nutrition Information System in Pakistan
Regular monitoring of food security and nutrition, and appropriate response, continues to be a major challenge in most developing countries, including Pakistan, mainly because of limitations in terms of data collection frequency, consistency, coverage, capacity to synthesize, reporting and ease of data access. Recognizing data limitations for evidence-based policy design and keeping in view Pakistan’s >> Read more Source: Pakistan Strategy Support Program
Channelizing Afghanistan to Pakistan informal trade into formal channels
PSSP working paper 041, Channelizing Afghanistan to Pakistan Informal Trade into Formal Channels, focuses on assessing the possibility of bringing informal trade from Afghanistan to Pakistan into the legal channels by reducing tariff and tax differenti... Source: Pakistan Strategy Support Program
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