Project Evaluation and Training Division

Research Plan

TITLE	BRIEF DESCRIPTION	RESEARCHERS	FUNDING	STATUS (DATE OF COMPLETION)
				ON-GOING	COMPLETED
i) WTO (Post Doha) and Regional Trade Agreements Opportunities and Perils for Pakistan’s Agriculture	To identify different constraints (SPS, AOA etc) face Agriculture’s trade of Pakistan and to analyze Regional Trade Agreements which at the same time posses both opportunities and Perils.	Usman Mustafa , MirajUl Haq and Iftikhar Ahmad	PIDE		June, 2009
ii) Environmental Fiscal Reform in Abbottabad: Drinking Water.	To promote sustainable economic development in Pakistan. Identify the tax structure which helps in conserving our environment. To estimate poverty and safe drinking water availability.	Usman Mustafa , MirajUl Haq and Iftikhar Ahmad	PPIDE/IUCN		June, 2009
iii) An Analysis of the Economic Costs of Conflict and its Socio Demographic Causes and Implications for Pakistan	To contribute a research-based discourse on conflict and violence and their causes in Pakistan which can enable policy formation and implementation through public/private partnerships, and be disseminated in a variety of ways including through the media	Usman Mustafa, G. M. Arif, and Sofia Mumtaz	British High Commission/PIDE	Dec, 2009
iv) Impact of Agricultural Loan on Farmers Income and Crop Productivities	To assess impact of Bank’s initiative of different agricultural loaning and to calculate its impacts on farmer income, crop productivity and on overall economy.	Syed Abdul Majid and Usman Mustafa	PIDE	Dec, 2010
v) Environmental Fiscal Reform in Abbottabad: Solid Waste Management	To promote sustainable economic development in Pakistan. Identify the tax structure which helps in conserving our environment. To estimate poverty, and solid waste management.	Usman Mustafa , MirajUl Haq and Iftikhar Ahmad			Sep, 2009
vi) Environmental Fiscal Reform in Abbottabad: Decentralization	To promote sustainable economic development in Pakistan. To review the decentralization process in Pakistan in general and specifically in Abbottabad. To recommend policy recommendation for an effective implementation of EFR.	Usman Mustafa	PIDE	Dec, 2009
vii) Environmental Fiscal Reform in Abbottabad: Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Conservation	To promote sustainable economic development in Pakistan. To review the decentralization process in Pakistan in general and specifically in Abbottabad. To recommend policy recommendation for an effective implementation of EFR.	Usman Mustafa	PIDE/IUCN	Dec, 2009
viii) Willingness to pay for solid waste management (A case study of district Abbottabad) IUCNPIDE Project	To analysis House Holds, presumption, practices and their willingness to pay for solid waste management. How much they are willing to pay for improved solid waste management services?	Usman Mustafa, Iftikhar Ahmad and Miraj ul Haq	IUCN/PIDE	Dec, 2009
ix) Public Demand for Safe Drinking Water (A case study of District Peshawar)	To analyze the gap between demand and supply for safe drinking water in district Peshawar. To measure HHs ability & their willingness to Pay (WTP) for improved water services and quality. To highlight issues and factors influencing WTP in different location (rural, urban) of the district. Propose policy recommendations.	Iftikhar Ahmad, Miraj ul Haq and Abdul Sattar	PIDE	Dec, 2009
x) Consumer Perception, practices Willingness to pay and Analysis of existing laws for safe Drinking Water in Pakistan	To analyse the HH’s perception and demand for safe drinking water and the role of existing laws in environmental conservation in Pak.	Usman Mustafa, Miraj ul Haq and Iftikhar Ahmad	PIDE		Oct, 2009