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Smart Containment with Active Learning (SCALE) Project

Smart Containment with Active Learning (SCALE) Project

SCALE is a consortium of international and Pakistani experts in epidemiology, public health, public policy, economics, data analytics, and technology. CERP leads the SCALE Covid-19 Response in Pakistan.

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Growth Monitoring Project

Growth Monitoring Project

This project focuses on addressing child stunting in Pakistan through a behavioural intervention.

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Microbe Literacy Intervention

Microbe Literacy Intervention

This project aims to improve health and hygiene practices among illiterate women in Pakistan.

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Lady Health Worker Project

Lady Health Worker Project

This study will take a closer look at the target population served by LHWs in Punjab and delve into the factors that determine their successful performance.

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Infant Feeding Project

Infant Feeding Project

To develop and user-test an innovative mobile health application to provide decision-making support and educational tools through training to Community Health Workers (CHW) serving in rural communities to adopt WHO-recommended breastfeeding practices and improve infant health.

Smart Containment with Active Learning (SCALE) Project

Principal Investigators:

Shaper Mirza

Shaper Mirza

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Shaper Mirza is a Research Fellow at CERP. Prior to joining LUMS in 2015, Dr Shaper served as an Assistant Professor since 2008, at The University of Texas – Houston Health Science Center in the Division of Epidemiology Human Genetics and Environmental Health. While working at the Brownsville (Texas) regional campus. Dr Shaper started elucidating the relationship between immune impairments in type-2 diabetes and their impact on pneumococcal infections in individuals with type-2 diabetes. Her studies are the first to demonstrate impairments in immune mechanisms in type-2 diabetes that are critical for protection against pneumococcal infections. Dr Shaper joined LUMS as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering. Dr Shaper’s specialised areas of teaching at LUMS include immunology and bacterial pathogenesis, where she continues to develop her studies on association of immune impairments in diabetes with pneumococcal infections. While teaching at LUMS, Dr. Mirza has also developed a lab as part of her programme, which is currently investigating the role of hyperglycemia, characteristic of type-2 diabetes in impairment in immune functions of neutrophils and CD4+T cells. Information derived from these studies will be valuable in developing more targeted vaccines for prevention and control of invasive pneumococcal disease in this high-risk population. Given the global increase in the incidence of type-2 diabetes, the work is of significant public health relevance. Her PhD studies involved understanding mechanisms of nasal colonisation by a Gram-positive pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. More specifically the work was focused on understanding the interaction of a human mucosal protein lactoferrin with pneumococcal surface proteins and its downstream effects on colonisation by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Dr Shaper received several awards and honours during her PhD which included a student travel grant award for Gordon Conference on Structure and Functions of Lactoferrin, held in Hawaii 2005; Gail Castle award for best poster presentation as PhD student and Gail Castel Award for best post-doctoral presentation. She holds a BSc (Hon) degree from University of Karachi and a doctorate from The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr Shaper is a recognised researcher in the areas of molecular pathogenesis. She has authored several papers in high impact factor journals and serves as an editor for two journals.

Shaper Mirza

Research Fellow
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Shaper Mirza is a Research Fellow at CERP. Prior to joining LUMS in 2015, Dr Shaper served as an Assistant Professor since 2008, at The University of Texas – Houston Health Science Center in the Division of Epidemiology Human Genetics and Environmental Health. While working at the Brownsville (Texas) regional campus. Dr Shaper started elucidating the relationship between immune impairments in type-2 diabetes and their impact on pneumococcal infections in individuals with type-2 diabetes. Her studies are the first to demonstrate impairments in immune mechanisms in type-2 diabetes that are critical for protection against pneumococcal infections. Dr Shaper joined LUMS as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering. Dr Shaper’s specialised areas of teaching at LUMS include immunology and bacterial pathogenesis, where she continues to develop her studies on association of immune impairments in diabetes with pneumococcal infections. While teaching at LUMS, Dr. Mirza has also developed a lab as part of her programme, which is currently investigating the role of hyperglycemia, characteristic of type-2 diabetes in impairment in immune functions of neutrophils and CD4+T cells. Information derived from these studies will be valuable in developing more targeted vaccines for prevention and control of invasive pneumococcal disease in this high-risk population. Given the global increase in the incidence of type-2 diabetes, the work is of significant public health relevance. Her PhD studies involved understanding mechanisms of nasal colonisation by a Gram-positive pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. More specifically the work was focused on understanding the interaction of a human mucosal protein lactoferrin with pneumococcal surface proteins and its downstream effects on colonisation by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Dr Shaper received several awards and honours during her PhD which included a student travel grant award for Gordon Conference on Structure and Functions of Lactoferrin, held in Hawaii 2005; Gail Castle award for best poster presentation as PhD student and Gail Castel Award for best post-doctoral presentation. She holds a BSc (Hon) degree from University of Karachi and a doctorate from The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr Shaper is a recognised researcher in the areas of molecular pathogenesis. She has authored several papers in high impact factor journals and serves as an editor for two journals.

Shaper Mirza

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Research Fellow
Shaper Mirza is a Research Fellow at CERP. Prior to joining LUMS in 2015, Dr Shaper served as an Assistant Professor since 2008, at The University of Texas – Houston Health Science Center in the Division of Epidemiology Human Genetics and Environmental Health. While working at the Brownsville (Texas) regional campus. Dr Shaper started elucidating the relationship between immune impairments in type-2 diabetes and their impact on pneumococcal infections in individuals with type-2 diabetes. Her studies are the first to demonstrate impairments in immune mechanisms in type-2 diabetes that are critical for protection against pneumococcal infections. Dr Shaper joined LUMS as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering. Dr Shaper’s specialised areas of teaching at LUMS include immunology and bacterial pathogenesis, where she continues to develop her studies on association of immune impairments in diabetes with pneumococcal infections. While teaching at LUMS, Dr. Mirza has also developed a lab as part of her programme, which is currently investigating the role of hyperglycemia, characteristic of type-2 diabetes in impairment in immune functions of neutrophils and CD4+T cells. Information derived from these studies will be valuable in developing more targeted vaccines for prevention and control of invasive pneumococcal disease in this high-risk population. Given the global increase in the incidence of type-2 diabetes, the work is of significant public health relevance. Her PhD studies involved understanding mechanisms of nasal colonisation by a Gram-positive pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. More specifically the work was focused on understanding the interaction of a human mucosal protein lactoferrin with pneumococcal surface proteins and its downstream effects on colonisation by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Dr Shaper received several awards and honours during her PhD which included a student travel grant award for Gordon Conference on Structure and Functions of Lactoferrin, held in Hawaii 2005; Gail Castle award for best poster presentation as PhD student and Gail Castel Award for best post-doctoral presentation. She holds a BSc (Hon) degree from University of Karachi and a doctorate from The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr Shaper is a recognised researcher in the areas of molecular pathogenesis. She has authored several papers in high impact factor journals and serves as an editor for two journals.
Shaper Mirza

Shaper Mirza

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Research Fellow
Shaper Mirza is a Research Fellow at CERP. Prior to joining LUMS in 2015, Dr Shaper served as an Assistant Professor since 2008, at The University of Texas – Houston Health Science Center in the Division of Epidemiology Human Genetics and Environmental Health. While working at the Brownsville (Texas) regional campus. Dr Shaper started elucidating the relationship between immune impairments in type-2 diabetes and their impact on pneumococcal infections in individuals with type-2 diabetes. Her studies are the first to demonstrate impairments in immune mechanisms in type-2 diabetes that are critical for protection against pneumococcal infections. Dr Shaper joined LUMS as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering. Dr Shaper’s specialised areas of teaching at LUMS include immunology and bacterial pathogenesis, where she continues to develop her studies on association of immune impairments in diabetes with pneumococcal infections. While teaching at LUMS, Dr. Mirza has also developed a lab as part of her programme, which is currently investigating the role of hyperglycemia, characteristic of type-2 diabetes in impairment in immune functions of neutrophils and CD4+T cells. Information derived from these studies will be valuable in developing more targeted vaccines for prevention and control of invasive pneumococcal disease in this high-risk population. Given the global increase in the incidence of type-2 diabetes, the work is of significant public health relevance. Her PhD studies involved understanding mechanisms of nasal colonisation by a Gram-positive pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. More specifically the work was focused on understanding the interaction of a human mucosal protein lactoferrin with pneumococcal surface proteins and its downstream effects on colonisation by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Dr Shaper received several awards and honours during her PhD which included a student travel grant award for Gordon Conference on Structure and Functions of Lactoferrin, held in Hawaii 2005; Gail Castle award for best poster presentation as PhD student and Gail Castel Award for best post-doctoral presentation. She holds a BSc (Hon) degree from University of Karachi and a doctorate from The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr Shaper is a recognised researcher in the areas of molecular pathogenesis. She has authored several papers in high impact factor journals and serves as an editor for two journals.

Shaper Mirza

Research Fellow
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Shaper Mirza is a Research Fellow at CERP. Prior to joining LUMS in 2015, Dr Shaper served as an Assistant Professor since 2008, at The University of Texas – Houston Health Science Center in the Division of Epidemiology Human Genetics and Environmental Health. While working at the Brownsville (Texas) regional campus. Dr Shaper started elucidating the relationship between immune impairments in type-2 diabetes and their impact on pneumococcal infections in individuals with type-2 diabetes. Her studies are the first to demonstrate impairments in immune mechanisms in type-2 diabetes that are critical for protection against pneumococcal infections. Dr Shaper joined LUMS as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering. Dr Shaper’s specialised areas of teaching at LUMS include immunology and bacterial pathogenesis, where she continues to develop her studies on association of immune impairments in diabetes with pneumococcal infections. While teaching at LUMS, Dr. Mirza has also developed a lab as part of her programme, which is currently investigating the role of hyperglycemia, characteristic of type-2 diabetes in impairment in immune functions of neutrophils and CD4+T cells. Information derived from these studies will be valuable in developing more targeted vaccines for prevention and control of invasive pneumococcal disease in this high-risk population. Given the global increase in the incidence of type-2 diabetes, the work is of significant public health relevance. Her PhD studies involved understanding mechanisms of nasal colonisation by a Gram-positive pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. More specifically the work was focused on understanding the interaction of a human mucosal protein lactoferrin with pneumococcal surface proteins and its downstream effects on colonisation by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Dr Shaper received several awards and honours during her PhD which included a student travel grant award for Gordon Conference on Structure and Functions of Lactoferrin, held in Hawaii 2005; Gail Castle award for best poster presentation as PhD student and Gail Castel Award for best post-doctoral presentation. She holds a BSc (Hon) degree from University of Karachi and a doctorate from The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr Shaper is a recognised researcher in the areas of molecular pathogenesis. She has authored several papers in high impact factor journals and serves as an editor for two journals.

Shaper Mirza

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Research Fellow
Shaper Mirza is a Research Fellow at CERP. Prior to joining LUMS in 2015, Dr Shaper served as an Assistant Professor since 2008, at The University of Texas – Houston Health Science Center in the Division of Epidemiology Human Genetics and Environmental Health. While working at the Brownsville (Texas) regional campus. Dr Shaper started elucidating the relationship between immune impairments in type-2 diabetes and their impact on pneumococcal infections in individuals with type-2 diabetes. Her studies are the first to demonstrate impairments in immune mechanisms in type-2 diabetes that are critical for protection against pneumococcal infections. Dr Shaper joined LUMS as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering. Dr Shaper’s specialised areas of teaching at LUMS include immunology and bacterial pathogenesis, where she continues to develop her studies on association of immune impairments in diabetes with pneumococcal infections. While teaching at LUMS, Dr. Mirza has also developed a lab as part of her programme, which is currently investigating the role of hyperglycemia, characteristic of type-2 diabetes in impairment in immune functions of neutrophils and CD4+T cells. Information derived from these studies will be valuable in developing more targeted vaccines for prevention and control of invasive pneumococcal disease in this high-risk population. Given the global increase in the incidence of type-2 diabetes, the work is of significant public health relevance. Her PhD studies involved understanding mechanisms of nasal colonisation by a Gram-positive pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. More specifically the work was focused on understanding the interaction of a human mucosal protein lactoferrin with pneumococcal surface proteins and its downstream effects on colonisation by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Dr Shaper received several awards and honours during her PhD which included a student travel grant award for Gordon Conference on Structure and Functions of Lactoferrin, held in Hawaii 2005; Gail Castle award for best poster presentation as PhD student and Gail Castel Award for best post-doctoral presentation. She holds a BSc (Hon) degree from University of Karachi and a doctorate from The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr Shaper is a recognised researcher in the areas of molecular pathogenesis. She has authored several papers in high impact factor journals and serves as an editor for two journals.

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Asim Khwaja

Asim Khwaja

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Asim Ijaz Khwaja is a Research Fellow, Co-Founder and Board Member of the CERP. He is the Director of the Center for International Development. He is the Sumitomo-Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development Professor of International Finance and Development at the Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Director of Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD). He previously served as a member of J-PAL’s Board of Directors. Professor Asim also serves as the faculty co-chair of a week-long executive education programme, “Rethinking Financial Inclusion: Smart Design for Policy and Practice,” aimed primarily at professionals involved in the design and regulation of financial products and services for low-income populations. His areas of interest include economic development, finance, education, political economy, institutions, and contract theory/mechanism design. Professor Asim’s research combines extensive fieldwork, rigorous empirical analysis, and microeconomic theory to answer questions that are motivated by and engage with policy. He has been published in the leading economics journals, such as the American Economic Review, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and has received coverage in numerous media outlets such as the Economist, NY Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Al-Jazeera, BBC, and CNN. His recent work ranges from understanding market failures in emerging financial markets to examining the private education market in low-income countries. Professor Asim received his PhD in Economics from Harvard and BS degrees in economics and in mathematics with computer science from MIT. He was selected as a Carnegie Scholar in 2009 to pursue research on how religious institutions impact individual beliefs. He was born in London, U.K., lived for eight years in Kano, Nigeria, the next eight in Lahore, Pakistan, and for the past several years in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He continues to enjoy interacting with people around the globe.

Asim Khwaja

Research Fellow
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Asim Ijaz Khwaja is a Research Fellow, Co-Founder and Board Member of the CERP. He is the Director of the Center for International Development. He is the Sumitomo-Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development Professor of International Finance and Development at the Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Director of Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD). He previously served as a member of J-PAL’s Board of Directors. Professor Asim also serves as the faculty co-chair of a week-long executive education programme, “Rethinking Financial Inclusion: Smart Design for Policy and Practice,” aimed primarily at professionals involved in the design and regulation of financial products and services for low-income populations. His areas of interest include economic development, finance, education, political economy, institutions, and contract theory/mechanism design. Professor Asim’s research combines extensive fieldwork, rigorous empirical analysis, and microeconomic theory to answer questions that are motivated by and engage with policy. He has been published in the leading economics journals, such as the American Economic Review, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and has received coverage in numerous media outlets such as the Economist, NY Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Al-Jazeera, BBC, and CNN. His recent work ranges from understanding market failures in emerging financial markets to examining the private education market in low-income countries. Professor Asim received his PhD in Economics from Harvard and BS degrees in economics and in mathematics with computer science from MIT. He was selected as a Carnegie Scholar in 2009 to pursue research on how religious institutions impact individual beliefs. He was born in London, U.K., lived for eight years in Kano, Nigeria, the next eight in Lahore, Pakistan, and for the past several years in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He continues to enjoy interacting with people around the globe.

Asim Khwaja

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Research Fellow
Asim Ijaz Khwaja is a Research Fellow, Co-Founder and Board Member of the CERP. He is the Director of the Center for International Development. He is the Sumitomo-Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development Professor of International Finance and Development at the Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Director of Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD). He previously served as a member of J-PAL’s Board of Directors. Professor Asim also serves as the faculty co-chair of a week-long executive education programme, “Rethinking Financial Inclusion: Smart Design for Policy and Practice,” aimed primarily at professionals involved in the design and regulation of financial products and services for low-income populations. His areas of interest include economic development, finance, education, political economy, institutions, and contract theory/mechanism design. Professor Asim’s research combines extensive fieldwork, rigorous empirical analysis, and microeconomic theory to answer questions that are motivated by and engage with policy. He has been published in the leading economics journals, such as the American Economic Review, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and has received coverage in numerous media outlets such as the Economist, NY Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Al-Jazeera, BBC, and CNN. His recent work ranges from understanding market failures in emerging financial markets to examining the private education market in low-income countries. Professor Asim received his PhD in Economics from Harvard and BS degrees in economics and in mathematics with computer science from MIT. He was selected as a Carnegie Scholar in 2009 to pursue research on how religious institutions impact individual beliefs. He was born in London, U.K., lived for eight years in Kano, Nigeria, the next eight in Lahore, Pakistan, and for the past several years in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He continues to enjoy interacting with people around the globe.
Asim Khwaja

Asim Khwaja

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Research Fellow
Asim Ijaz Khwaja is a Research Fellow, Co-Founder and Board Member of the CERP. He is the Director of the Center for International Development. He is the Sumitomo-Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development Professor of International Finance and Development at the Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Director of Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD). He previously served as a member of J-PAL’s Board of Directors. Professor Asim also serves as the faculty co-chair of a week-long executive education programme, “Rethinking Financial Inclusion: Smart Design for Policy and Practice,” aimed primarily at professionals involved in the design and regulation of financial products and services for low-income populations. His areas of interest include economic development, finance, education, political economy, institutions, and contract theory/mechanism design. Professor Asim’s research combines extensive fieldwork, rigorous empirical analysis, and microeconomic theory to answer questions that are motivated by and engage with policy. He has been published in the leading economics journals, such as the American Economic Review, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and has received coverage in numerous media outlets such as the Economist, NY Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Al-Jazeera, BBC, and CNN. His recent work ranges from understanding market failures in emerging financial markets to examining the private education market in low-income countries. Professor Asim received his PhD in Economics from Harvard and BS degrees in economics and in mathematics with computer science from MIT. He was selected as a Carnegie Scholar in 2009 to pursue research on how religious institutions impact individual beliefs. He was born in London, U.K., lived for eight years in Kano, Nigeria, the next eight in Lahore, Pakistan, and for the past several years in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He continues to enjoy interacting with people around the globe.

Asim Khwaja

Research Fellow
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Asim Ijaz Khwaja is a Research Fellow, Co-Founder and Board Member of the CERP. He is the Director of the Center for International Development. He is the Sumitomo-Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development Professor of International Finance and Development at the Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Director of Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD). He previously served as a member of J-PAL’s Board of Directors. Professor Asim also serves as the faculty co-chair of a week-long executive education programme, “Rethinking Financial Inclusion: Smart Design for Policy and Practice,” aimed primarily at professionals involved in the design and regulation of financial products and services for low-income populations. His areas of interest include economic development, finance, education, political economy, institutions, and contract theory/mechanism design. Professor Asim’s research combines extensive fieldwork, rigorous empirical analysis, and microeconomic theory to answer questions that are motivated by and engage with policy. He has been published in the leading economics journals, such as the American Economic Review, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and has received coverage in numerous media outlets such as the Economist, NY Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Al-Jazeera, BBC, and CNN. His recent work ranges from understanding market failures in emerging financial markets to examining the private education market in low-income countries. Professor Asim received his PhD in Economics from Harvard and BS degrees in economics and in mathematics with computer science from MIT. He was selected as a Carnegie Scholar in 2009 to pursue research on how religious institutions impact individual beliefs. He was born in London, U.K., lived for eight years in Kano, Nigeria, the next eight in Lahore, Pakistan, and for the past several years in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He continues to enjoy interacting with people around the globe.

Asim Khwaja

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Research Fellow
Asim Ijaz Khwaja is a Research Fellow, Co-Founder and Board Member of the CERP. He is the Director of the Center for International Development. He is the Sumitomo-Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development Professor of International Finance and Development at the Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Director of Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD). He previously served as a member of J-PAL’s Board of Directors. Professor Asim also serves as the faculty co-chair of a week-long executive education programme, “Rethinking Financial Inclusion: Smart Design for Policy and Practice,” aimed primarily at professionals involved in the design and regulation of financial products and services for low-income populations. His areas of interest include economic development, finance, education, political economy, institutions, and contract theory/mechanism design. Professor Asim’s research combines extensive fieldwork, rigorous empirical analysis, and microeconomic theory to answer questions that are motivated by and engage with policy. He has been published in the leading economics journals, such as the American Economic Review, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and has received coverage in numerous media outlets such as the Economist, NY Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Al-Jazeera, BBC, and CNN. His recent work ranges from understanding market failures in emerging financial markets to examining the private education market in low-income countries. Professor Asim received his PhD in Economics from Harvard and BS degrees in economics and in mathematics with computer science from MIT. He was selected as a Carnegie Scholar in 2009 to pursue research on how religious institutions impact individual beliefs. He was born in London, U.K., lived for eight years in Kano, Nigeria, the next eight in Lahore, Pakistan, and for the past several years in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He continues to enjoy interacting with people around the globe.

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Maroof A. Syed

Maroof A. Syed

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President and CEO
Maroof A. Syed is the President and CEO of CERP and a Non-Resident Fellow, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance, at Princeton University. He has over 25 years of entrepreneurship, investment and leadership experience in multiple sectors. He combines academic work in public policy, economics, and engineering with extensive experience in leading organizations and building institutions. Maroof’s areas of interest include evidence-based governance, data analytics and decision sciences, political economy, adaptive leadership, and the role of innovation and technology in economic development. Previously, he helds senior management positions at various large and start-up technology companies, including Broadcom Corporation (formerly Silicon Spice and Element 14), Texas Instruments and Intel Corporation (formerly Dialogic). He also co-founded Karnybo Group which invested in late-stage technology start-up companies (series C/D) including Tesla, Twitter, Facebook, Jawbone, Square and Palantir. He is the 2017 recipient of the Lucius N. Littauer Award from the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). He is on the Board of Directors of the Pakistan Innovation Foundation (PIF), the African Development University ILIMI Foundation (ADU) and the Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP). He is a Charter Member of the Organisation of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America in Boston (OPEN-Boston). Maroof has a Masters in Public Administration (MC/MPA) from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and degrees in Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer (RPI).

Maroof A. Syed

President and CEO
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Maroof A. Syed is the President and CEO of CERP and a Non-Resident Fellow, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance, at Princeton University. He has over 25 years of entrepreneurship, investment and leadership experience in multiple sectors. He combines academic work in public policy, economics, and engineering with extensive experience in leading organizations and building institutions. Maroof’s areas of interest include evidence-based governance, data analytics and decision sciences, political economy, adaptive leadership, and the role of innovation and technology in economic development. Previously, he helds senior management positions at various large and start-up technology companies, including Broadcom Corporation (formerly Silicon Spice and Element 14), Texas Instruments and Intel Corporation (formerly Dialogic). He also co-founded Karnybo Group which invested in late-stage technology start-up companies (series C/D) including Tesla, Twitter, Facebook, Jawbone, Square and Palantir. He is the 2017 recipient of the Lucius N. Littauer Award from the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). He is on the Board of Directors of the Pakistan Innovation Foundation (PIF), the African Development University ILIMI Foundation (ADU) and the Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP). He is a Charter Member of the Organisation of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America in Boston (OPEN-Boston). Maroof has a Masters in Public Administration (MC/MPA) from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and degrees in Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer (RPI).

Maroof A. Syed

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President and CEO
Maroof A. Syed is the President and CEO of CERP and a Non-Resident Fellow, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance, at Princeton University. He has over 25 years of entrepreneurship, investment and leadership experience in multiple sectors. He combines academic work in public policy, economics, and engineering with extensive experience in leading organizations and building institutions. Maroof’s areas of interest include evidence-based governance, data analytics and decision sciences, political economy, adaptive leadership, and the role of innovation and technology in economic development. Previously, he helds senior management positions at various large and start-up technology companies, including Broadcom Corporation (formerly Silicon Spice and Element 14), Texas Instruments and Intel Corporation (formerly Dialogic). He also co-founded Karnybo Group which invested in late-stage technology start-up companies (series C/D) including Tesla, Twitter, Facebook, Jawbone, Square and Palantir. He is the 2017 recipient of the Lucius N. Littauer Award from the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). He is on the Board of Directors of the Pakistan Innovation Foundation (PIF), the African Development University ILIMI Foundation (ADU) and the Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP). He is a Charter Member of the Organisation of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America in Boston (OPEN-Boston). Maroof has a Masters in Public Administration (MC/MPA) from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and degrees in Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer (RPI).
Maroof A. Syed

Maroof A. Syed

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President and CEO
Maroof A. Syed is the President and CEO of CERP and a Non-Resident Fellow, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance, at Princeton University. He has over 25 years of entrepreneurship, investment and leadership experience in multiple sectors. He combines academic work in public policy, economics, and engineering with extensive experience in leading organizations and building institutions. Maroof’s areas of interest include evidence-based governance, data analytics and decision sciences, political economy, adaptive leadership, and the role of innovation and technology in economic development. Previously, he helds senior management positions at various large and start-up technology companies, including Broadcom Corporation (formerly Silicon Spice and Element 14), Texas Instruments and Intel Corporation (formerly Dialogic). He also co-founded Karnybo Group which invested in late-stage technology start-up companies (series C/D) including Tesla, Twitter, Facebook, Jawbone, Square and Palantir. He is the 2017 recipient of the Lucius N. Littauer Award from the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). He is on the Board of Directors of the Pakistan Innovation Foundation (PIF), the African Development University ILIMI Foundation (ADU) and the Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP). He is a Charter Member of the Organisation of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America in Boston (OPEN-Boston). Maroof has a Masters in Public Administration (MC/MPA) from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and degrees in Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer (RPI).

Maroof A. Syed

President and CEO
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Maroof A. Syed is the President and CEO of CERP and a Non-Resident Fellow, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance, at Princeton University. He has over 25 years of entrepreneurship, investment and leadership experience in multiple sectors. He combines academic work in public policy, economics, and engineering with extensive experience in leading organizations and building institutions. Maroof’s areas of interest include evidence-based governance, data analytics and decision sciences, political economy, adaptive leadership, and the role of innovation and technology in economic development. Previously, he helds senior management positions at various large and start-up technology companies, including Broadcom Corporation (formerly Silicon Spice and Element 14), Texas Instruments and Intel Corporation (formerly Dialogic). He also co-founded Karnybo Group which invested in late-stage technology start-up companies (series C/D) including Tesla, Twitter, Facebook, Jawbone, Square and Palantir. He is the 2017 recipient of the Lucius N. Littauer Award from the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). He is on the Board of Directors of the Pakistan Innovation Foundation (PIF), the African Development University ILIMI Foundation (ADU) and the Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP). He is a Charter Member of the Organisation of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America in Boston (OPEN-Boston). Maroof has a Masters in Public Administration (MC/MPA) from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and degrees in Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer (RPI).

Maroof A. Syed

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President and CEO
Maroof A. Syed is the President and CEO of CERP and a Non-Resident Fellow, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance, at Princeton University. He has over 25 years of entrepreneurship, investment and leadership experience in multiple sectors. He combines academic work in public policy, economics, and engineering with extensive experience in leading organizations and building institutions. Maroof’s areas of interest include evidence-based governance, data analytics and decision sciences, political economy, adaptive leadership, and the role of innovation and technology in economic development. Previously, he helds senior management positions at various large and start-up technology companies, including Broadcom Corporation (formerly Silicon Spice and Element 14), Texas Instruments and Intel Corporation (formerly Dialogic). He also co-founded Karnybo Group which invested in late-stage technology start-up companies (series C/D) including Tesla, Twitter, Facebook, Jawbone, Square and Palantir. He is the 2017 recipient of the Lucius N. Littauer Award from the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). He is on the Board of Directors of the Pakistan Innovation Foundation (PIF), the African Development University ILIMI Foundation (ADU) and the Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP). He is a Charter Member of the Organisation of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America in Boston (OPEN-Boston). Maroof has a Masters in Public Administration (MC/MPA) from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and degrees in Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer (RPI).

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Jishnu Das

Jishnu Das

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Jishnu Das is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group (Human Development and Public Services Team) at The World Bank and a Visiting Scholar at The Center for Policy Research, New Delhi. Dr Jishnu is a professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Since joining the World Bank, Dr Jaishnu has worked on issues related to the delivery of basic services, particularly health and education. His work draws upon data collected in Zambia (education), India (health and education), Pakistan (education) and Paraguay (health). His recent research focuses on the quality of health care (Journal of Economic Perspectives, Health Affairs and the Journal of Development Economics); correlates of mental health (World Bank Economic Review, forthcoming and Social Science and Medicine ); the link between teacher absenteeism and student test-scores (Journal of Human Resources ); and the structure of educational provision in Pakistan (Comparative Education Review). In 2006, his work on religious education in Pakistan received the George Bereday Award from the Comparative and International Education Society. Dr Jaishnu also works on natural disasters in the context of an earthquake that hit Northern India and Pakistan in October 2005. He co-founded the website www.risepak.com to help coordinate relief in the aftermath of the quake. The website was awarded the Stockholm Challenge Award (2006) for the best ICT project in the public administration category. He received his PhD from Harvard University in Economics in 2001.

Jishnu Das

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Jishnu Das is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group (Human Development and Public Services Team) at The World Bank and a Visiting Scholar at The Center for Policy Research, New Delhi. Dr Jishnu is a professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Since joining the World Bank, Dr Jaishnu has worked on issues related to the delivery of basic services, particularly health and education. His work draws upon data collected in Zambia (education), India (health and education), Pakistan (education) and Paraguay (health). His recent research focuses on the quality of health care (Journal of Economic Perspectives, Health Affairs and the Journal of Development Economics); correlates of mental health (World Bank Economic Review, forthcoming and Social Science and Medicine ); the link between teacher absenteeism and student test-scores (Journal of Human Resources ); and the structure of educational provision in Pakistan (Comparative Education Review). In 2006, his work on religious education in Pakistan received the George Bereday Award from the Comparative and International Education Society. Dr Jaishnu also works on natural disasters in the context of an earthquake that hit Northern India and Pakistan in October 2005. He co-founded the website www.risepak.com to help coordinate relief in the aftermath of the quake. The website was awarded the Stockholm Challenge Award (2006) for the best ICT project in the public administration category. He received his PhD from Harvard University in Economics in 2001.

Jishnu Das

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Jishnu Das is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group (Human Development and Public Services Team) at The World Bank and a Visiting Scholar at The Center for Policy Research, New Delhi. Dr Jishnu is a professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Since joining the World Bank, Dr Jaishnu has worked on issues related to the delivery of basic services, particularly health and education. His work draws upon data collected in Zambia (education), India (health and education), Pakistan (education) and Paraguay (health). His recent research focuses on the quality of health care (Journal of Economic Perspectives, Health Affairs and the Journal of Development Economics); correlates of mental health (World Bank Economic Review, forthcoming and Social Science and Medicine ); the link between teacher absenteeism and student test-scores (Journal of Human Resources ); and the structure of educational provision in Pakistan (Comparative Education Review). In 2006, his work on religious education in Pakistan received the George Bereday Award from the Comparative and International Education Society. Dr Jaishnu also works on natural disasters in the context of an earthquake that hit Northern India and Pakistan in October 2005. He co-founded the website www.risepak.com to help coordinate relief in the aftermath of the quake. The website was awarded the Stockholm Challenge Award (2006) for the best ICT project in the public administration category. He received his PhD from Harvard University in Economics in 2001.
Jishnu Das

Jishnu Das

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Research Fellow
Jishnu Das is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group (Human Development and Public Services Team) at The World Bank and a Visiting Scholar at The Center for Policy Research, New Delhi. Dr Jishnu is a professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Since joining the World Bank, Dr Jaishnu has worked on issues related to the delivery of basic services, particularly health and education. His work draws upon data collected in Zambia (education), India (health and education), Pakistan (education) and Paraguay (health). His recent research focuses on the quality of health care (Journal of Economic Perspectives, Health Affairs and the Journal of Development Economics); correlates of mental health (World Bank Economic Review, forthcoming and Social Science and Medicine ); the link between teacher absenteeism and student test-scores (Journal of Human Resources ); and the structure of educational provision in Pakistan (Comparative Education Review). In 2006, his work on religious education in Pakistan received the George Bereday Award from the Comparative and International Education Society. Dr Jaishnu also works on natural disasters in the context of an earthquake that hit Northern India and Pakistan in October 2005. He co-founded the website www.risepak.com to help coordinate relief in the aftermath of the quake. The website was awarded the Stockholm Challenge Award (2006) for the best ICT project in the public administration category. He received his PhD from Harvard University in Economics in 2001.

Jishnu Das

Research Fellow
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Jishnu Das is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group (Human Development and Public Services Team) at The World Bank and a Visiting Scholar at The Center for Policy Research, New Delhi. Dr Jishnu is a professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Since joining the World Bank, Dr Jaishnu has worked on issues related to the delivery of basic services, particularly health and education. His work draws upon data collected in Zambia (education), India (health and education), Pakistan (education) and Paraguay (health). His recent research focuses on the quality of health care (Journal of Economic Perspectives, Health Affairs and the Journal of Development Economics); correlates of mental health (World Bank Economic Review, forthcoming and Social Science and Medicine ); the link between teacher absenteeism and student test-scores (Journal of Human Resources ); and the structure of educational provision in Pakistan (Comparative Education Review). In 2006, his work on religious education in Pakistan received the George Bereday Award from the Comparative and International Education Society. Dr Jaishnu also works on natural disasters in the context of an earthquake that hit Northern India and Pakistan in October 2005. He co-founded the website www.risepak.com to help coordinate relief in the aftermath of the quake. The website was awarded the Stockholm Challenge Award (2006) for the best ICT project in the public administration category. He received his PhD from Harvard University in Economics in 2001.

Jishnu Das

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Jishnu Das is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group (Human Development and Public Services Team) at The World Bank and a Visiting Scholar at The Center for Policy Research, New Delhi. Dr Jishnu is a professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Since joining the World Bank, Dr Jaishnu has worked on issues related to the delivery of basic services, particularly health and education. His work draws upon data collected in Zambia (education), India (health and education), Pakistan (education) and Paraguay (health). His recent research focuses on the quality of health care (Journal of Economic Perspectives, Health Affairs and the Journal of Development Economics); correlates of mental health (World Bank Economic Review, forthcoming and Social Science and Medicine ); the link between teacher absenteeism and student test-scores (Journal of Human Resources ); and the structure of educational provision in Pakistan (Comparative Education Review). In 2006, his work on religious education in Pakistan received the George Bereday Award from the Comparative and International Education Society. Dr Jaishnu also works on natural disasters in the context of an earthquake that hit Northern India and Pakistan in October 2005. He co-founded the website www.risepak.com to help coordinate relief in the aftermath of the quake. The website was awarded the Stockholm Challenge Award (2006) for the best ICT project in the public administration category. He received his PhD from Harvard University in Economics in 2001.

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Adnan Qadir Khan

Adnan Qadir Khan

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Adnan Qadir Khan is Co-Founder and Research Fellow at CERP. He is currently Chief Economist and Director for Economics and Evaluation Directorate in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He is also Professor in Practice at the School of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), a joint appointment with Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), LSE. Adnan has been an Affiliate of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT. He has also been appointed as an Associate with the Building State Capability Program at Harvard’s Center for International Development. Prior to his appointment with Harvard and LSE. Professor Adnan successfully led the International Growth Centre (IGC) as Research and Policy Director and was also a Visiting Lecturer of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School from 2018-2019. He has been actively involved in the areas of policy, research, and training. He has been a co-leader the of Reducing State Fragilities Initiative at the International Growth Centre, an Affiliated Researcher with the Political Economy group of Yale University’s Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE), an Affiliated Researcher with Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) With 15 years of experience in the policy world, Adnan name is synonymous as a practitioner and policymaker where he regularly interacts with policy actors from around the world, with a focus on Asia and Africa, in the areas of state fragility and state capacity building. He holds a multitude of experience in the research realm with a keen interest in the areas of economic development, the political economy of development and state fragility, state capacity, and social protection. He teaches courses on public policy and economic development in order to bridge the gap between academia and practice. He has also served in the government as a member of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and is a recipient of the President’s Medal for performance. Professor Adnan has a PhD in Economics from Queen’s University. He completed his Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology.

Adnan Qadir Khan

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Adnan Qadir Khan is Co-Founder and Research Fellow at CERP. He is currently Chief Economist and Director for Economics and Evaluation Directorate in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He is also Professor in Practice at the School of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), a joint appointment with Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), LSE. Adnan has been an Affiliate of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT. He has also been appointed as an Associate with the Building State Capability Program at Harvard’s Center for International Development. Prior to his appointment with Harvard and LSE. Professor Adnan successfully led the International Growth Centre (IGC) as Research and Policy Director and was also a Visiting Lecturer of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School from 2018-2019. He has been actively involved in the areas of policy, research, and training. He has been a co-leader the of Reducing State Fragilities Initiative at the International Growth Centre, an Affiliated Researcher with the Political Economy group of Yale University’s Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE), an Affiliated Researcher with Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) With 15 years of experience in the policy world, Adnan name is synonymous as a practitioner and policymaker where he regularly interacts with policy actors from around the world, with a focus on Asia and Africa, in the areas of state fragility and state capacity building. He holds a multitude of experience in the research realm with a keen interest in the areas of economic development, the political economy of development and state fragility, state capacity, and social protection. He teaches courses on public policy and economic development in order to bridge the gap between academia and practice. He has also served in the government as a member of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and is a recipient of the President’s Medal for performance. Professor Adnan has a PhD in Economics from Queen’s University. He completed his Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology.

Adnan Qadir Khan

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Adnan Qadir Khan is Co-Founder and Research Fellow at CERP. He is currently Chief Economist and Director for Economics and Evaluation Directorate in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He is also Professor in Practice at the School of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), a joint appointment with Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), LSE. Adnan has been an Affiliate of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT. He has also been appointed as an Associate with the Building State Capability Program at Harvard’s Center for International Development. Prior to his appointment with Harvard and LSE. Professor Adnan successfully led the International Growth Centre (IGC) as Research and Policy Director and was also a Visiting Lecturer of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School from 2018-2019. He has been actively involved in the areas of policy, research, and training. He has been a co-leader the of Reducing State Fragilities Initiative at the International Growth Centre, an Affiliated Researcher with the Political Economy group of Yale University’s Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE), an Affiliated Researcher with Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) With 15 years of experience in the policy world, Adnan name is synonymous as a practitioner and policymaker where he regularly interacts with policy actors from around the world, with a focus on Asia and Africa, in the areas of state fragility and state capacity building. He holds a multitude of experience in the research realm with a keen interest in the areas of economic development, the political economy of development and state fragility, state capacity, and social protection. He teaches courses on public policy and economic development in order to bridge the gap between academia and practice. He has also served in the government as a member of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and is a recipient of the President’s Medal for performance. Professor Adnan has a PhD in Economics from Queen’s University. He completed his Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology.
Adnan Qadir Khan

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Adnan Qadir Khan is Co-Founder and Research Fellow at CERP. He is currently Chief Economist and Director for Economics and Evaluation Directorate in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He is also Professor in Practice at the School of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), a joint appointment with Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), LSE. Adnan has been an Affiliate of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT. He has also been appointed as an Associate with the Building State Capability Program at Harvard’s Center for International Development. Prior to his appointment with Harvard and LSE. Professor Adnan successfully led the International Growth Centre (IGC) as Research and Policy Director and was also a Visiting Lecturer of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School from 2018-2019. He has been actively involved in the areas of policy, research, and training. He has been a co-leader the of Reducing State Fragilities Initiative at the International Growth Centre, an Affiliated Researcher with the Political Economy group of Yale University’s Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE), an Affiliated Researcher with Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) With 15 years of experience in the policy world, Adnan name is synonymous as a practitioner and policymaker where he regularly interacts with policy actors from around the world, with a focus on Asia and Africa, in the areas of state fragility and state capacity building. He holds a multitude of experience in the research realm with a keen interest in the areas of economic development, the political economy of development and state fragility, state capacity, and social protection. He teaches courses on public policy and economic development in order to bridge the gap between academia and practice. He has also served in the government as a member of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and is a recipient of the President’s Medal for performance. Professor Adnan has a PhD in Economics from Queen’s University. He completed his Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology.

Adnan Qadir Khan

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Adnan Qadir Khan is Co-Founder and Research Fellow at CERP. He is currently Chief Economist and Director for Economics and Evaluation Directorate in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He is also Professor in Practice at the School of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), a joint appointment with Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), LSE. Adnan has been an Affiliate of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT. He has also been appointed as an Associate with the Building State Capability Program at Harvard’s Center for International Development. Prior to his appointment with Harvard and LSE. Professor Adnan successfully led the International Growth Centre (IGC) as Research and Policy Director and was also a Visiting Lecturer of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School from 2018-2019. He has been actively involved in the areas of policy, research, and training. He has been a co-leader the of Reducing State Fragilities Initiative at the International Growth Centre, an Affiliated Researcher with the Political Economy group of Yale University’s Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE), an Affiliated Researcher with Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) With 15 years of experience in the policy world, Adnan name is synonymous as a practitioner and policymaker where he regularly interacts with policy actors from around the world, with a focus on Asia and Africa, in the areas of state fragility and state capacity building. He holds a multitude of experience in the research realm with a keen interest in the areas of economic development, the political economy of development and state fragility, state capacity, and social protection. He teaches courses on public policy and economic development in order to bridge the gap between academia and practice. He has also served in the government as a member of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and is a recipient of the President’s Medal for performance. Professor Adnan has a PhD in Economics from Queen’s University. He completed his Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology.

Adnan Qadir Khan

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Research Fellow
Adnan Qadir Khan is Co-Founder and Research Fellow at CERP. He is currently Chief Economist and Director for Economics and Evaluation Directorate in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He is also Professor in Practice at the School of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), a joint appointment with Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), LSE. Adnan has been an Affiliate of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT. He has also been appointed as an Associate with the Building State Capability Program at Harvard’s Center for International Development. Prior to his appointment with Harvard and LSE. Professor Adnan successfully led the International Growth Centre (IGC) as Research and Policy Director and was also a Visiting Lecturer of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School from 2018-2019. He has been actively involved in the areas of policy, research, and training. He has been a co-leader the of Reducing State Fragilities Initiative at the International Growth Centre, an Affiliated Researcher with the Political Economy group of Yale University’s Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE), an Affiliated Researcher with Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) With 15 years of experience in the policy world, Adnan name is synonymous as a practitioner and policymaker where he regularly interacts with policy actors from around the world, with a focus on Asia and Africa, in the areas of state fragility and state capacity building. He holds a multitude of experience in the research realm with a keen interest in the areas of economic development, the political economy of development and state fragility, state capacity, and social protection. He teaches courses on public policy and economic development in order to bridge the gap between academia and practice. He has also served in the government as a member of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and is a recipient of the President’s Medal for performance. Professor Adnan has a PhD in Economics from Queen’s University. He completed his Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology.

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Nim Arinaminpathy

Nim Arinaminpathy

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Nim Arinaminpathy is a Principal Investigator on Smart Containment with Active Learning (SCALE) Project at CERP. He is a profesor in Mathematical Epidemiology at Imperial College London and holds a BA from Cambridge and D.Phil from Oxford in Applied Mathematics and later ventured into Mathematical Epidemiology. Nim’s research interests primarily revolve around infectious diseases using various mathematical and statistical tools.

Nim Arinaminpathy

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Nim Arinaminpathy is a Principal Investigator on Smart Containment with Active Learning (SCALE) Project at CERP. He is a profesor in Mathematical Epidemiology at Imperial College London and holds a BA from Cambridge and D.Phil from Oxford in Applied Mathematics and later ventured into Mathematical Epidemiology. Nim’s research interests primarily revolve around infectious diseases using various mathematical and statistical tools.

Nim Arinaminpathy

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Nim Arinaminpathy is a Principal Investigator on Smart Containment with Active Learning (SCALE) Project at CERP. He is a profesor in Mathematical Epidemiology at Imperial College London and holds a BA from Cambridge and D.Phil from Oxford in Applied Mathematics and later ventured into Mathematical Epidemiology. Nim’s research interests primarily revolve around infectious diseases using various mathematical and statistical tools.
Nim Arinaminpathy

Nim Arinaminpathy

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Principal Investigator
Nim Arinaminpathy is a Principal Investigator on Smart Containment with Active Learning (SCALE) Project at CERP. He is a profesor in Mathematical Epidemiology at Imperial College London and holds a BA from Cambridge and D.Phil from Oxford in Applied Mathematics and later ventured into Mathematical Epidemiology. Nim’s research interests primarily revolve around infectious diseases using various mathematical and statistical tools.

Nim Arinaminpathy

Principal Investigator
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Nim Arinaminpathy is a Principal Investigator on Smart Containment with Active Learning (SCALE) Project at CERP. He is a profesor in Mathematical Epidemiology at Imperial College London and holds a BA from Cambridge and D.Phil from Oxford in Applied Mathematics and later ventured into Mathematical Epidemiology. Nim’s research interests primarily revolve around infectious diseases using various mathematical and statistical tools.

Nim Arinaminpathy

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Principal Investigator
Nim Arinaminpathy is a Principal Investigator on Smart Containment with Active Learning (SCALE) Project at CERP. He is a profesor in Mathematical Epidemiology at Imperial College London and holds a BA from Cambridge and D.Phil from Oxford in Applied Mathematics and later ventured into Mathematical Epidemiology. Nim’s research interests primarily revolve around infectious diseases using various mathematical and statistical tools.

The Smart Containment with Active Learning (SCALE) Consortium was formed to assist policymakers in developing a multidisciplinary policy response to COVID-19 that draws on the expertise of researchers and practitioners in public health, infectious diseases, epidemiology, economics, policy, and public management, technology, and data science as well as business & non-profit leaders.

CERP collected and collated evidence from different sources to provide understanding of the evolution of COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan. SCALE Consortium worked in close collaboration with Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Punjab (P&SHD) on COVID-19 from November 2020 until June 2022. The project team attempted to understand the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, variation in infectivity rates and finally rates of morbidity and mortality in the province of Punjab, Pakistan by using the administrative data. Random sample testing was conducted in the urban community in Lahore District to supplement the administrative data.

Furthermore, the project gathered primary survey data on citizens vaccination rates and views towards vaccination. The project also analysed the contact data using two different contact tracing algorithms, mortal bandits and simple pilot. In the process, individual heterogeneity in infectivity was also estimated. The results open an entirely new direction for contact tracing that may allow countries to reduce the contact tracing burden by 80% or more. This significantly reduces the fiscal and human resources required to interrupt outbreaks of the epidemic.

Date:

2020 – 2022

Funding Partners:

Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office

Implementing Partner:

Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department Punjab (P&SHD)

Publications

SCALE Resource Guide

Tags

COVID-19, Public Policy, Emergency Response, Epidemiology

Growth Monitoring Project

Principal Investigators:

Agha Ali Akram

Agha Ali Akram

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Agha Ali Akram is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. His research spans a number of themes including drinking water quality, early childhood stunting, and nutrition, migration, and agriculture. He also has an interest in air pollution monitoring technologies and how they may be deployed and used in the developing world. Dr Agha received a Doctorate in Environmental Economics (2014) and Masters in Environmental Management (2008) from Yale University. Prior to joining LUMS, he was a Visiting Fellow at Yale University (2016 – 2017) and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Evidence Action (2014 – 2016).

Agha Ali Akram

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Agha Ali Akram is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. His research spans a number of themes including drinking water quality, early childhood stunting, and nutrition, migration, and agriculture. He also has an interest in air pollution monitoring technologies and how they may be deployed and used in the developing world. Dr Agha received a Doctorate in Environmental Economics (2014) and Masters in Environmental Management (2008) from Yale University. Prior to joining LUMS, he was a Visiting Fellow at Yale University (2016 – 2017) and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Evidence Action (2014 – 2016).

Agha Ali Akram

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Agha Ali Akram is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. His research spans a number of themes including drinking water quality, early childhood stunting, and nutrition, migration, and agriculture. He also has an interest in air pollution monitoring technologies and how they may be deployed and used in the developing world. Dr Agha received a Doctorate in Environmental Economics (2014) and Masters in Environmental Management (2008) from Yale University. Prior to joining LUMS, he was a Visiting Fellow at Yale University (2016 – 2017) and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Evidence Action (2014 – 2016).
Agha Ali Akram

Agha Ali Akram

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Agha Ali Akram is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. His research spans a number of themes including drinking water quality, early childhood stunting, and nutrition, migration, and agriculture. He also has an interest in air pollution monitoring technologies and how they may be deployed and used in the developing world. Dr Agha received a Doctorate in Environmental Economics (2014) and Masters in Environmental Management (2008) from Yale University. Prior to joining LUMS, he was a Visiting Fellow at Yale University (2016 – 2017) and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Evidence Action (2014 – 2016).

Agha Ali Akram

Research Fellow
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Agha Ali Akram is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. His research spans a number of themes including drinking water quality, early childhood stunting, and nutrition, migration, and agriculture. He also has an interest in air pollution monitoring technologies and how they may be deployed and used in the developing world. Dr Agha received a Doctorate in Environmental Economics (2014) and Masters in Environmental Management (2008) from Yale University. Prior to joining LUMS, he was a Visiting Fellow at Yale University (2016 – 2017) and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Evidence Action (2014 – 2016).

Agha Ali Akram

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Research Fellow
Agha Ali Akram is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. His research spans a number of themes including drinking water quality, early childhood stunting, and nutrition, migration, and agriculture. He also has an interest in air pollution monitoring technologies and how they may be deployed and used in the developing world. Dr Agha received a Doctorate in Environmental Economics (2014) and Masters in Environmental Management (2008) from Yale University. Prior to joining LUMS, he was a Visiting Fellow at Yale University (2016 – 2017) and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Evidence Action (2014 – 2016).

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Abu Perves Shonchoy

Abu Perves Shonchoy

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Abu Shonchoy is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Tool Project at CERP. He is an Associate Professor of Economics at Florida International University. His Research interests concentrate on Financial Inclusion, Skills Training, Infrastructure, and Education, with several ongoing evaluations in South Asia and West Africa. In addition to his academic work, Dr Abu is the Founder and Chief Advisor of MOMODa Foundation, a Research-based NGO working with marginalized populations in Bangladesh. Dr Abu received his PhD in economics from the University of New South Wales.

Abu Perves Shonchoy

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Abu Shonchoy is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Tool Project at CERP. He is an Associate Professor of Economics at Florida International University. His Research interests concentrate on Financial Inclusion, Skills Training, Infrastructure, and Education, with several ongoing evaluations in South Asia and West Africa. In addition to his academic work, Dr Abu is the Founder and Chief Advisor of MOMODa Foundation, a Research-based NGO working with marginalized populations in Bangladesh. Dr Abu received his PhD in economics from the University of New South Wales.

Abu Perves Shonchoy

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Abu Shonchoy is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Tool Project at CERP. He is an Associate Professor of Economics at Florida International University. His Research interests concentrate on Financial Inclusion, Skills Training, Infrastructure, and Education, with several ongoing evaluations in South Asia and West Africa. In addition to his academic work, Dr Abu is the Founder and Chief Advisor of MOMODa Foundation, a Research-based NGO working with marginalized populations in Bangladesh. Dr Abu received his PhD in economics from the University of New South Wales.
Abu Perves Shonchoy

Abu Perves Shonchoy

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Principal Investigator
Abu Shonchoy is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Tool Project at CERP. He is an Associate Professor of Economics at Florida International University. His Research interests concentrate on Financial Inclusion, Skills Training, Infrastructure, and Education, with several ongoing evaluations in South Asia and West Africa. In addition to his academic work, Dr Abu is the Founder and Chief Advisor of MOMODa Foundation, a Research-based NGO working with marginalized populations in Bangladesh. Dr Abu received his PhD in economics from the University of New South Wales.

Abu Perves Shonchoy

Principal Investigator
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Abu Shonchoy is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Tool Project at CERP. He is an Associate Professor of Economics at Florida International University. His Research interests concentrate on Financial Inclusion, Skills Training, Infrastructure, and Education, with several ongoing evaluations in South Asia and West Africa. In addition to his academic work, Dr Abu is the Founder and Chief Advisor of MOMODa Foundation, a Research-based NGO working with marginalized populations in Bangladesh. Dr Abu received his PhD in economics from the University of New South Wales.

Abu Perves Shonchoy

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Principal Investigator
Abu Shonchoy is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Tool Project at CERP. He is an Associate Professor of Economics at Florida International University. His Research interests concentrate on Financial Inclusion, Skills Training, Infrastructure, and Education, with several ongoing evaluations in South Asia and West Africa. In addition to his academic work, Dr Abu is the Founder and Chief Advisor of MOMODa Foundation, a Research-based NGO working with marginalized populations in Bangladesh. Dr Abu received his PhD in economics from the University of New South Wales.

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Takashi Kurosaki

Takashi Kurosaki

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Research Fellow
Takashi Kurosaki is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Professor and works at the Research Division of Comparative and World Economics, Institute Of Economic Research. Dr Takashi’s research interests revolve around microeconometric analysis of development issues in Asia, especially, the household behavior of rural dwellers facing risk. He has implemented several field surveys in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Some of his research includes village surveys in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (related with CBO-based development, flood recovery, etc.), Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, India (related with weather insurance, primary education, migration, etc.), and Gaibandha, Bangladesh (related with microfinance). He has published papers and reports on topics such as agriculture in Asia, poverty issues, risk diversification, irrigation, institutions in the rural economy, etc. Prior to working at Hitotsubashi, Dr Takashi worked for the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), Tokyo, Japan, for more than a decade. He has also been affiliated with Economic Growth Center, at Yale University, as a visiting fellow. Dr Takashi studied at the Food Research Institute, Stanford University for his doctoral degree and obtained PhD in 1995 with a dissertation titled ‘Risk Attitudes, Consumption Preferences, and Crop Choices in Pakistan.’

Takashi Kurosaki

Research Fellow
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Takashi Kurosaki is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Professor and works at the Research Division of Comparative and World Economics, Institute Of Economic Research. Dr Takashi’s research interests revolve around microeconometric analysis of development issues in Asia, especially, the household behavior of rural dwellers facing risk. He has implemented several field surveys in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Some of his research includes village surveys in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (related with CBO-based development, flood recovery, etc.), Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, India (related with weather insurance, primary education, migration, etc.), and Gaibandha, Bangladesh (related with microfinance). He has published papers and reports on topics such as agriculture in Asia, poverty issues, risk diversification, irrigation, institutions in the rural economy, etc. Prior to working at Hitotsubashi, Dr Takashi worked for the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), Tokyo, Japan, for more than a decade. He has also been affiliated with Economic Growth Center, at Yale University, as a visiting fellow. Dr Takashi studied at the Food Research Institute, Stanford University for his doctoral degree and obtained PhD in 1995 with a dissertation titled ‘Risk Attitudes, Consumption Preferences, and Crop Choices in Pakistan.’

Takashi Kurosaki

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Research Fellow
Takashi Kurosaki is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Professor and works at the Research Division of Comparative and World Economics, Institute Of Economic Research. Dr Takashi’s research interests revolve around microeconometric analysis of development issues in Asia, especially, the household behavior of rural dwellers facing risk. He has implemented several field surveys in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Some of his research includes village surveys in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (related with CBO-based development, flood recovery, etc.), Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, India (related with weather insurance, primary education, migration, etc.), and Gaibandha, Bangladesh (related with microfinance). He has published papers and reports on topics such as agriculture in Asia, poverty issues, risk diversification, irrigation, institutions in the rural economy, etc. Prior to working at Hitotsubashi, Dr Takashi worked for the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), Tokyo, Japan, for more than a decade. He has also been affiliated with Economic Growth Center, at Yale University, as a visiting fellow. Dr Takashi studied at the Food Research Institute, Stanford University for his doctoral degree and obtained PhD in 1995 with a dissertation titled ‘Risk Attitudes, Consumption Preferences, and Crop Choices in Pakistan.’
Takashi Kurosaki

Takashi Kurosaki

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Research Fellow
Takashi Kurosaki is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Professor and works at the Research Division of Comparative and World Economics, Institute Of Economic Research. Dr Takashi’s research interests revolve around microeconometric analysis of development issues in Asia, especially, the household behavior of rural dwellers facing risk. He has implemented several field surveys in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Some of his research includes village surveys in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (related with CBO-based development, flood recovery, etc.), Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, India (related with weather insurance, primary education, migration, etc.), and Gaibandha, Bangladesh (related with microfinance). He has published papers and reports on topics such as agriculture in Asia, poverty issues, risk diversification, irrigation, institutions in the rural economy, etc. Prior to working at Hitotsubashi, Dr Takashi worked for the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), Tokyo, Japan, for more than a decade. He has also been affiliated with Economic Growth Center, at Yale University, as a visiting fellow. Dr Takashi studied at the Food Research Institute, Stanford University for his doctoral degree and obtained PhD in 1995 with a dissertation titled ‘Risk Attitudes, Consumption Preferences, and Crop Choices in Pakistan.’

Takashi Kurosaki

Research Fellow
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Takashi Kurosaki is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Professor and works at the Research Division of Comparative and World Economics, Institute Of Economic Research. Dr Takashi’s research interests revolve around microeconometric analysis of development issues in Asia, especially, the household behavior of rural dwellers facing risk. He has implemented several field surveys in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Some of his research includes village surveys in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (related with CBO-based development, flood recovery, etc.), Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, India (related with weather insurance, primary education, migration, etc.), and Gaibandha, Bangladesh (related with microfinance). He has published papers and reports on topics such as agriculture in Asia, poverty issues, risk diversification, irrigation, institutions in the rural economy, etc. Prior to working at Hitotsubashi, Dr Takashi worked for the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), Tokyo, Japan, for more than a decade. He has also been affiliated with Economic Growth Center, at Yale University, as a visiting fellow. Dr Takashi studied at the Food Research Institute, Stanford University for his doctoral degree and obtained PhD in 1995 with a dissertation titled ‘Risk Attitudes, Consumption Preferences, and Crop Choices in Pakistan.’

Takashi Kurosaki

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Research Fellow
Takashi Kurosaki is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Professor and works at the Research Division of Comparative and World Economics, Institute Of Economic Research. Dr Takashi’s research interests revolve around microeconometric analysis of development issues in Asia, especially, the household behavior of rural dwellers facing risk. He has implemented several field surveys in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Some of his research includes village surveys in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (related with CBO-based development, flood recovery, etc.), Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, India (related with weather insurance, primary education, migration, etc.), and Gaibandha, Bangladesh (related with microfinance). He has published papers and reports on topics such as agriculture in Asia, poverty issues, risk diversification, irrigation, institutions in the rural economy, etc. Prior to working at Hitotsubashi, Dr Takashi worked for the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), Tokyo, Japan, for more than a decade. He has also been affiliated with Economic Growth Center, at Yale University, as a visiting fellow. Dr Takashi studied at the Food Research Institute, Stanford University for his doctoral degree and obtained PhD in 1995 with a dissertation titled ‘Risk Attitudes, Consumption Preferences, and Crop Choices in Pakistan.’

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Akib Khan

Akib Khan

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Akib Khan is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. He is a 4th year Economics PhD student at Uppsala University and is mainly interested in human capital investments in developing countries and international migration. With a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, his past experience includes stints with the World Bank, IPA, IGC, and BRAC School of Public Health. He is currently co-investigating three field experiments: in Pakistan, exploring the potential of in-home growth monitoring in addressing childhood undernutrition, and the roles of learning and habit formation in the adoption of cheap water purification technology; and in Sweden, assessing the effects of contact with natives on immigrants’ socioeconomic integration.

Akib Khan

Principal Investigator
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Akib Khan is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. He is a 4th year Economics PhD student at Uppsala University and is mainly interested in human capital investments in developing countries and international migration. With a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, his past experience includes stints with the World Bank, IPA, IGC, and BRAC School of Public Health. He is currently co-investigating three field experiments: in Pakistan, exploring the potential of in-home growth monitoring in addressing childhood undernutrition, and the roles of learning and habit formation in the adoption of cheap water purification technology; and in Sweden, assessing the effects of contact with natives on immigrants’ socioeconomic integration.

Akib Khan

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Principal Investigator
Akib Khan is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. He is a 4th year Economics PhD student at Uppsala University and is mainly interested in human capital investments in developing countries and international migration. With a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, his past experience includes stints with the World Bank, IPA, IGC, and BRAC School of Public Health. He is currently co-investigating three field experiments: in Pakistan, exploring the potential of in-home growth monitoring in addressing childhood undernutrition, and the roles of learning and habit formation in the adoption of cheap water purification technology; and in Sweden, assessing the effects of contact with natives on immigrants’ socioeconomic integration.
Akib Khan

Akib Khan

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Principal Investigator
Akib Khan is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. He is a 4th year Economics PhD student at Uppsala University and is mainly interested in human capital investments in developing countries and international migration. With a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, his past experience includes stints with the World Bank, IPA, IGC, and BRAC School of Public Health. He is currently co-investigating three field experiments: in Pakistan, exploring the potential of in-home growth monitoring in addressing childhood undernutrition, and the roles of learning and habit formation in the adoption of cheap water purification technology; and in Sweden, assessing the effects of contact with natives on immigrants’ socioeconomic integration.

Akib Khan

Principal Investigator
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Akib Khan is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. He is a 4th year Economics PhD student at Uppsala University and is mainly interested in human capital investments in developing countries and international migration. With a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, his past experience includes stints with the World Bank, IPA, IGC, and BRAC School of Public Health. He is currently co-investigating three field experiments: in Pakistan, exploring the potential of in-home growth monitoring in addressing childhood undernutrition, and the roles of learning and habit formation in the adoption of cheap water purification technology; and in Sweden, assessing the effects of contact with natives on immigrants’ socioeconomic integration.

Akib Khan

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Principal Investigator
Akib Khan is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. He is a 4th year Economics PhD student at Uppsala University and is mainly interested in human capital investments in developing countries and international migration. With a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, his past experience includes stints with the World Bank, IPA, IGC, and BRAC School of Public Health. He is currently co-investigating three field experiments: in Pakistan, exploring the potential of in-home growth monitoring in addressing childhood undernutrition, and the roles of learning and habit formation in the adoption of cheap water purification technology; and in Sweden, assessing the effects of contact with natives on immigrants’ socioeconomic integration.

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Hina Khalid

Hina Khalid

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Dr Hina Khalid is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. She is currently working as a researcher at Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Her research interest revolves around Public Policy and Heath Policy with special focus on health systems, health inequities and vaccination uptake. She has previously been an Assistant Professor at Information Technology University (ITU). Hina is a PhD holder in Public Affairs and Policy from University at Albany and holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from from National Univeristy of Singapore and LUMS respectively.

Hina Khalid

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Dr Hina Khalid is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. She is currently working as a researcher at Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Her research interest revolves around Public Policy and Heath Policy with special focus on health systems, health inequities and vaccination uptake. She has previously been an Assistant Professor at Information Technology University (ITU). Hina is a PhD holder in Public Affairs and Policy from University at Albany and holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from from National Univeristy of Singapore and LUMS respectively.

Hina Khalid

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Dr Hina Khalid is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. She is currently working as a researcher at Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Her research interest revolves around Public Policy and Heath Policy with special focus on health systems, health inequities and vaccination uptake. She has previously been an Assistant Professor at Information Technology University (ITU). Hina is a PhD holder in Public Affairs and Policy from University at Albany and holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from from National Univeristy of Singapore and LUMS respectively.
Hina Khalid

Hina Khalid

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Dr Hina Khalid is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. She is currently working as a researcher at Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Her research interest revolves around Public Policy and Heath Policy with special focus on health systems, health inequities and vaccination uptake. She has previously been an Assistant Professor at Information Technology University (ITU). Hina is a PhD holder in Public Affairs and Policy from University at Albany and holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from from National Univeristy of Singapore and LUMS respectively.

Hina Khalid

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Dr Hina Khalid is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. She is currently working as a researcher at Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Her research interest revolves around Public Policy and Heath Policy with special focus on health systems, health inequities and vaccination uptake. She has previously been an Assistant Professor at Information Technology University (ITU). Hina is a PhD holder in Public Affairs and Policy from University at Albany and holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from from National Univeristy of Singapore and LUMS respectively.

Hina Khalid

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Dr Hina Khalid is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. She is currently working as a researcher at Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Her research interest revolves around Public Policy and Heath Policy with special focus on health systems, health inequities and vaccination uptake. She has previously been an Assistant Professor at Information Technology University (ITU). Hina is a PhD holder in Public Affairs and Policy from University at Albany and holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from from National Univeristy of Singapore and LUMS respectively.

Stunting is an anthropometric indicator of chronic undernutrition identifying low height for age and capturing the cumulative effects of linear growth retardation. Stunting is responsible for 14.5% of deaths and 12.6% of the total disease burden among under-five children, most of which is concentrated in the low and middle-income countries in Africa and South-Central Asia. Through pathways such as reduced schooling ( 1.6 years on average), reduced height in adulthood ( 6 cm on average), and lower cognitive skills ( 0.6 standard deviations on a typical test), the impact of chronic nutritional deprivation during childhood on lifetime income can be very high. For South Asia and Africa, the income penalty of stunting has been estimated to be as large as 9-10% of GDP per capita. In Pakistan, 44% children under 5-years old are stunted, with marked socioeconomic inequality in its distribution.

We hypothesise that caregivers from disadvantaged communities in developing countries do not receive adequate, direct, and regular feedback on the growth-trajectory of children in their care. It also constrains them in developing a better understanding of the relationship between different childcare inputs – such as appropriate nutrition and safe drinking water – and healthy physical development. Consequently, despite having access to information on optimal parenting practices via traditional nutritional counseling, caregivers do not respond to signals on their child’s growth by adjusting their nutritional and child-care inputs, leading to stunting of their children.

As a prospective solution, we propose an easily implementable, flexible, and low-cost in-home growth monitoring tool called GroMoTo and intend to test its effectiveness with an open-label randomised controlled trial (RCT).
Findings
Findings revealed positive and significant improvement in children’s height-for-age z-score (HAZ) and reduction in severe stunting in treatment arms as compared to the matched control group one year after baseline.

Date:

2018-2020

Funding & Implementing Partners:

Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF), Institute of Economic Research, Research Division of Comparative and World Economies (IER), Shahid Hussain Foundation (SHF), National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), Faculty Initiative Fund (FIF), Lahore University of Management Sciences, Sukoon Water Plant

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Health, Child Stunting, Nutrition, Behavioural Intervention

Microbe Literacy Intervention

Principal Investigators:

Daniel Bennett

Daniel Bennett

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Daniel Bennett is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Dr Daniel is an economist at the Center for Economic and Social Research and the Department of Economics at the University of Southern California. He studies economic development and global health in Africa and South Asia. His recent work examines the relationship between poverty and poor mental health, as well as the indirect consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. His other work considers sanitation and hygiene behavior and the organization of pharmaceutical markets. Dr Daniel collects primary data and uses both experimental and quasi-experimental methods. Bennett is a research economist who specialises in applied economic development with a focus on public health issues in developing countries. His research considers the economic and behavioral aspects of international health issues such as emerging infectious diseases and pharmaceutical markets in developing countries. His work frequently highlights how market failures, such as externalities and public goods, contribute to these public health problems. Some of his past work deals with a water supply and sanitation in the Philippines, antibiotic use in Taiwan, the impact of the 2003 SARS epidemic, and the effect of providing antiretroviral drugs for HIV in Malawi. His current work examines the determinants of drug quality in Hyderabad, India. He received his PhD in Economics from Brown University in 2008, his MA in Economics from Brown University in 2004, and his BA with high honors from Swarthmore College in 2001.

Daniel Bennett

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Daniel Bennett is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Dr Daniel is an economist at the Center for Economic and Social Research and the Department of Economics at the University of Southern California. He studies economic development and global health in Africa and South Asia. His recent work examines the relationship between poverty and poor mental health, as well as the indirect consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. His other work considers sanitation and hygiene behavior and the organization of pharmaceutical markets. Dr Daniel collects primary data and uses both experimental and quasi-experimental methods. Bennett is a research economist who specialises in applied economic development with a focus on public health issues in developing countries. His research considers the economic and behavioral aspects of international health issues such as emerging infectious diseases and pharmaceutical markets in developing countries. His work frequently highlights how market failures, such as externalities and public goods, contribute to these public health problems. Some of his past work deals with a water supply and sanitation in the Philippines, antibiotic use in Taiwan, the impact of the 2003 SARS epidemic, and the effect of providing antiretroviral drugs for HIV in Malawi. His current work examines the determinants of drug quality in Hyderabad, India. He received his PhD in Economics from Brown University in 2008, his MA in Economics from Brown University in 2004, and his BA with high honors from Swarthmore College in 2001.

Daniel Bennett

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Research Fellow
Daniel Bennett is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Dr Daniel is an economist at the Center for Economic and Social Research and the Department of Economics at the University of Southern California. He studies economic development and global health in Africa and South Asia. His recent work examines the relationship between poverty and poor mental health, as well as the indirect consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. His other work considers sanitation and hygiene behavior and the organization of pharmaceutical markets. Dr Daniel collects primary data and uses both experimental and quasi-experimental methods. Bennett is a research economist who specialises in applied economic development with a focus on public health issues in developing countries. His research considers the economic and behavioral aspects of international health issues such as emerging infectious diseases and pharmaceutical markets in developing countries. His work frequently highlights how market failures, such as externalities and public goods, contribute to these public health problems. Some of his past work deals with a water supply and sanitation in the Philippines, antibiotic use in Taiwan, the impact of the 2003 SARS epidemic, and the effect of providing antiretroviral drugs for HIV in Malawi. His current work examines the determinants of drug quality in Hyderabad, India. He received his PhD in Economics from Brown University in 2008, his MA in Economics from Brown University in 2004, and his BA with high honors from Swarthmore College in 2001.
Daniel Bennett

Daniel Bennett

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Research Fellow
Daniel Bennett is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Dr Daniel is an economist at the Center for Economic and Social Research and the Department of Economics at the University of Southern California. He studies economic development and global health in Africa and South Asia. His recent work examines the relationship between poverty and poor mental health, as well as the indirect consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. His other work considers sanitation and hygiene behavior and the organization of pharmaceutical markets. Dr Daniel collects primary data and uses both experimental and quasi-experimental methods. Bennett is a research economist who specialises in applied economic development with a focus on public health issues in developing countries. His research considers the economic and behavioral aspects of international health issues such as emerging infectious diseases and pharmaceutical markets in developing countries. His work frequently highlights how market failures, such as externalities and public goods, contribute to these public health problems. Some of his past work deals with a water supply and sanitation in the Philippines, antibiotic use in Taiwan, the impact of the 2003 SARS epidemic, and the effect of providing antiretroviral drugs for HIV in Malawi. His current work examines the determinants of drug quality in Hyderabad, India. He received his PhD in Economics from Brown University in 2008, his MA in Economics from Brown University in 2004, and his BA with high honors from Swarthmore College in 2001.

Daniel Bennett

Research Fellow
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Daniel Bennett is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Dr Daniel is an economist at the Center for Economic and Social Research and the Department of Economics at the University of Southern California. He studies economic development and global health in Africa and South Asia. His recent work examines the relationship between poverty and poor mental health, as well as the indirect consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. His other work considers sanitation and hygiene behavior and the organization of pharmaceutical markets. Dr Daniel collects primary data and uses both experimental and quasi-experimental methods. Bennett is a research economist who specialises in applied economic development with a focus on public health issues in developing countries. His research considers the economic and behavioral aspects of international health issues such as emerging infectious diseases and pharmaceutical markets in developing countries. His work frequently highlights how market failures, such as externalities and public goods, contribute to these public health problems. Some of his past work deals with a water supply and sanitation in the Philippines, antibiotic use in Taiwan, the impact of the 2003 SARS epidemic, and the effect of providing antiretroviral drugs for HIV in Malawi. His current work examines the determinants of drug quality in Hyderabad, India. He received his PhD in Economics from Brown University in 2008, his MA in Economics from Brown University in 2004, and his BA with high honors from Swarthmore College in 2001.

Daniel Bennett

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Research Fellow
Daniel Bennett is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Dr Daniel is an economist at the Center for Economic and Social Research and the Department of Economics at the University of Southern California. He studies economic development and global health in Africa and South Asia. His recent work examines the relationship between poverty and poor mental health, as well as the indirect consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. His other work considers sanitation and hygiene behavior and the organization of pharmaceutical markets. Dr Daniel collects primary data and uses both experimental and quasi-experimental methods. Bennett is a research economist who specialises in applied economic development with a focus on public health issues in developing countries. His research considers the economic and behavioral aspects of international health issues such as emerging infectious diseases and pharmaceutical markets in developing countries. His work frequently highlights how market failures, such as externalities and public goods, contribute to these public health problems. Some of his past work deals with a water supply and sanitation in the Philippines, antibiotic use in Taiwan, the impact of the 2003 SARS epidemic, and the effect of providing antiretroviral drugs for HIV in Malawi. His current work examines the determinants of drug quality in Hyderabad, India. He received his PhD in Economics from Brown University in 2008, his MA in Economics from Brown University in 2004, and his BA with high honors from Swarthmore College in 2001.

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Dr. Wolf-Peter Schmidt

Dr. Wolf-Peter Schmidt

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Dr Wolf-Peter Schmidt is a Principal Investigator on Microbe Literacy Intervention Project at CERP. Dr Wolf graduated as medical doctor in 2000. He worked in general medicine until 2001, and then started research in neuroepidemiology and cardiovascular epidemiology at the Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine at the University of Muenster/Germany. He obtained his Master’s degree in Control of Infectious Diseases from LSHTM in 2004. Since 2005, he has been a staff member of the Department of Disease Control, and obtained his PhD in Epidemiology in 2010.

Dr. Wolf-Peter Schmidt

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Dr Wolf-Peter Schmidt is a Principal Investigator on Microbe Literacy Intervention Project at CERP. Dr Wolf graduated as medical doctor in 2000. He worked in general medicine until 2001, and then started research in neuroepidemiology and cardiovascular epidemiology at the Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine at the University of Muenster/Germany. He obtained his Master’s degree in Control of Infectious Diseases from LSHTM in 2004. Since 2005, he has been a staff member of the Department of Disease Control, and obtained his PhD in Epidemiology in 2010.

Dr. Wolf-Peter Schmidt

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Dr Wolf-Peter Schmidt is a Principal Investigator on Microbe Literacy Intervention Project at CERP. Dr Wolf graduated as medical doctor in 2000. He worked in general medicine until 2001, and then started research in neuroepidemiology and cardiovascular epidemiology at the Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine at the University of Muenster/Germany. He obtained his Master’s degree in Control of Infectious Diseases from LSHTM in 2004. Since 2005, he has been a staff member of the Department of Disease Control, and obtained his PhD in Epidemiology in 2010.
Dr. Wolf-Peter Schmidt

Dr. Wolf-Peter Schmidt

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Dr Wolf-Peter Schmidt is a Principal Investigator on Microbe Literacy Intervention Project at CERP. Dr Wolf graduated as medical doctor in 2000. He worked in general medicine until 2001, and then started research in neuroepidemiology and cardiovascular epidemiology at the Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine at the University of Muenster/Germany. He obtained his Master’s degree in Control of Infectious Diseases from LSHTM in 2004. Since 2005, he has been a staff member of the Department of Disease Control, and obtained his PhD in Epidemiology in 2010.