About SPDC
Established in 1995, the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), a non-profit research think tank, has made a significant intellectual contribution in placing issues of pro-poor growth and social development on Pakistan's policy-making agenda. With a focus on issues of development, poverty, inequality, governance, social sector policies, climate, gender issues, and pro-poor macro-economic policy, it contributes to the na Read more...
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SPDC_Policy Brief_Revenue Loss_Final-7th Dec 2018
Tobacco taxation is widely considered as one of the crucial policy measures for reducing tobacco use. A review of more than 100 international studies concluded that “Significant increases in tobacco taxes are a highly effective tobacco c...
Tobacco Control in Pakistan
Tobacco taxation is widely considered as one of the crucial policy measures for reducing tobacco use. A review of more than 100 international studies concluded that “Significant increases in tobacco taxes are a highly effective tobacco c...
Macroeconomic Impacts of Tobacco Use In Pakistan
Introduction Pakistan ranks as one of the countries with high rates of tobacco consumption and the diseases associated with tobacco use. According to GATS (2014), almost one in five adults in the country used tobacco in some form, which transl...
RR 101 The 2017 Census of Pakistan: Analyses of Results-Vol 1
The author is Senior Technical Advisor to SPDC and Vice Chancellor of Malir University of Science and Technology, Karachi. Earlier he served as Professor of Demography at Aga Khan University, Karachi and in the School Public Policy at George M...
A Study of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers in India and Pakistan
This synthesis report is part of a research project entitled ‘A Study of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers in India and Pakistan’. The research has been completed with a grant from International Development Research Centre (IDRC),...
Ongoing Research
Annual Review of Social Development in Pakistan
SPDC publishes thematic reviews of social development in Pakistan, its flagship product that presents an objective, in-depth examination and analyses of various social issues. Each year, key areas and topics for research are identified keeping in view the national and international priorities and events. To date, thirteen annual reviews have been published on themes as diverse as Growth, Inequality and Poverty Reduction; State of Education; Trade Liberalization and Growth; Impact of Devolution on Human Development and Social Development, Women at the Workplace; Social Impact of the Secrity Crisis, and Social Development in Rural Pakistan and Urban Pakistan. Read More
