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Two CERP Projects to be Presented at Stanford University
Highlighting governance quality in Pakistan and other Muslim societies
Stanford, CA: Two CERP projects will be presented during Stanford University's Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies' Annual Conference, entitled "Quality of Governance: Comparative Perspectives from the Muslim World and Beyond." The conference will run from 13-14 April 2018.
The projects, housed under CERP's Governance Research Program, are the Political Connections Project and the Procurement Efficiency Project.
The conference is organized by Dr. Saad Gulzar, a CERP alumnus and current Research Fellow. Dr. Gulzar is also a co-Principal Investigator of the Political Connections project, formally entitled "Improving Political Responsiveness: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan" alongside Dr. Miriam Golden and Luke Sonnet.
CERP Board Member and Research and Policy Director of the International Growth Center Dr. Adnan Q. Khan will be presenting on "Incentives and the Allocation of Authority in Organizations: A Field Experiment with Bureaucrats", also known as the Procurement Efficiency Project. The Principal Investigators of this project include Dr. Oriana Bandiera, Dr. Michael Best, and Dr. Andrea Prat.
Also presenting is CERP Research Fellow Dr. Kate Vyborny, a Principal Investigator of both the Women's Mobility Program and De facto Rights Project at CERP. Dr. Vyborny will be speaking during the panel on institutions about her work entitled "Institutional Capacity as an Organizational Challenge: Pilot Results from a Field Experiment in Pakistan" (joint with Hamna Ahmed, Asha Gul, and Simon Quinn).
For more information, please visit the conference page: Stanford University's Abbasi Program Annual Conference 2018
| Title | Senior Field Coordinator |
| Project | BISP |
| Duration | September 2017-Present |
| Degree | Masters in Economics |
| University | Quaid-e-Azam University |
Profile: Naveed Hussain is Senior Field Coordinator at the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan. He has previously worked as a Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Officer at AAWAZ project under DFID at Strengthening Participatory Organization. He has also served as an independent consultant at Center for Communication Programs Pakistan (CCP-P) and ACTED International. Naveed holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Karakorum International University and a Master’s degree in Economics from Quaid-e-Azam University. Naveed is also an alumnus of the Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) program.
| Title | Senior Field Coordinator |
| Project | Women’s Mobility |
| Duration | September 2015- Present |
| Degree | MA Diplomacy & Strategic Studies |
| University | University of Punjab |
Profile: Tayyab Ashfaq has joined CERP as Project Support Officer. Tayyab brings with himself extensive experience of managing Transport and Logistics for surveys, assessments, and evaluations. Young and energetic he has proved himself a reliable manager who is a doer and ensures deadlines are met from planning the survey to the finalization of the report. He has a keen understanding of project management/execution, monitoring, evaluation, data, and field management. He is a bachelor in Law from Punjab University Law College.
| Title | Senior Research Associate |
| Project | Women's Mobility Project |
| Duration | April 2018- Present |
| Degree | MBA in HR |
| University/Organization | Virtual University of Pakistan |
Profile: Nosheen Muneeb is Senior Research Associate at CERP in the Women's Mobility Project. She brings along a rich experience of nine years that she got in a variety of working environments, i.e. Educational Institute, Recruitment Firm, INGO, Software Company and Energy Firm. She has been engaged in Human Resource, Recruitment and Personnel Training & Development related roles during these years. Nosheen holds an MBA degree with the specialization in Human Resource and is keen to continue learning and working in the field of HR and Capacity Building.
