Waqar Wadho is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Lahore School of Economics (LSE). He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Research in Economics and Business (CREB), Lahore School of Economics, a Research Associate at the CSASP, University of Oxford, a Fellow at the Global Labor Organization, and a member of the HEC sub-committee on Economics of the Committee for the Development of Social Sciences and Humanities in Pakistan (CDSSHP). Dr Waqar’s research interest includes Political Economy, Corruption and Rent-seeking, Economics of Innovation and Economic Growth and Development. He received his PhD and Masters in Economics from GREQAM, Aix-Marseille School of Economics Aix-Marseille University – Marseille, France.