Shujaat Farooq
Biographic Data
| ID | 3797397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shujaat Farooq |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shujaat |
| FAMILY NAME | Farooq |
| SIGNATURE | FAROOQ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pakistan Institute of Development Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0982-0593 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Making Sehat Sahulat Programme Sustainable
Today, millions of people in low-income countries lack access to health services due to accessibility and affordability issues. Health financing refers to the “function of a health system concerned with mobilizing and allocating money to cover health needs. There are various healthcare financing models around the globe; the two broader ones are;The supply-side models provide free-of-cost health services in public hospitals, i.e., Canada, Taiwan, …
Unconditional Cash Transfer and Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan
Pakistan, having a population of near to 220 million, has one fourth of its population living below the poverty line and 17% being food insecure. Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) was initiated in 2008 with the objective of consumption smoothening, poverty alleviation and women empowerment. The programme was, and still is, unique in terms of resources, coverage and targeting. Given the resources dedicated to the programme (see box below), i…
An Investigation of the Pattern and Extent of Regional Rural Transformation Development in Pakistan
Rural Transformation Development (RTD) is about the reconstruction of the rural economies their regional patterns through rapid industrialisation, urbanisation, changing cropping patterns and employment structure transformation. However, existing literature overlooks the spatial disparities and multidimensional nature of this transformation, leaving significant gaps. This study employs a holistic approach, utilising Principal Component Analysis (…
Utilisation Challenges of Public Health Insurance Initiatives
Healthcare utilisation largely depends on both demand and supply-side factors. On the supply side, health infrastructure could be better to serve the population’s needs, whereas, on the demand side, affordability is the main challenge, especially for poor households. Health insurance provides an opportunity to avail of decent health facilities. The government of Pakistan launched the Sehat Sahulat Programme (SSP) to provide equitable and affordab…
The Role of Bisp’s Unconditional Cash Transfers in Alleviating Extreme Poverty in Pakistan
The facts of return migration in the wake of Covid-19
The present study investigates the adverse impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on overseas migration of Pakistani workers - both outflows and return flows. The key objective is to propose a policy framework for successful reintegration of return migrants in their origin communities. The findings reveal that around 2 million overseas Pakistanis have been affected due to COVID pandemic; 1.6 million could not go abroad and another 0.3 to 0.4 million had to…
Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Poverty in Pakistan
The current study has estimated the incidences, intensity and impacts of catastrophic health expenditures for Pakistan. For the analysis, two thresholds are used to define catastrophic health payments (1) if health expenditures are 10 percent or above of household consumption, and (2) if they are 40 percent or above of household non-food consumption expenditures. The Pakistan Panel Household Survey (PPHS) 2010/11 is used for the analysis. The fin…
Can Empowerment be Enhanced by Putting Cash in the Hands of Poor Women? Learning from Pakistan’s Bisp Program
Economic Growth and Rural Poverty in Pakistan
The facts of return migration in the wake of Covid-19
The present study investigates the adverse impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on overseas migration of Pakistani workers - both outflows and return flows. The key objective is to propose a policy framework for successful reintegration of return migrants in their origin communities. The findings reveal that around 2 million overseas Pakistanis have been affected due to COVID pandemic; 1.6 million could not go abroad and another 0.3 to 0.4 million had to…
Can Empowerment be Enhanced by Putting Cash in the Hands of Poor Women? Learning from Pakistan’s Bisp Program
An Investigation of the Pattern and Extent of Regional Rural Transformation Development in Pakistan
Rural Transformation Development (RTD) is about the reconstruction of the rural economies their regional patterns through rapid industrialisation, urbanisation, changing cropping patterns and employment structure transformation. However, existing literature overlooks the spatial disparities and multidimensional nature of this transformation, leaving significant gaps. This study employs a holistic approach, utilising Principal Component Analysis (…
The Role of Bisp’s Unconditional Cash Transfers in Alleviating Extreme Poverty in Pakistan
Economic Growth and Rural Poverty in Pakistan
Can Empowerment be Enhanced by Putting Cash in the Hands of Poor Women? Learning from Pakistan’s Bisp Program
Economic Growth and Rural Poverty in Pakistan
Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Poverty in Pakistan
The current study has estimated the incidences, intensity and impacts of catastrophic health expenditures for Pakistan. For the analysis, two thresholds are used to define catastrophic health payments (1) if health expenditures are 10 percent or above of household consumption, and (2) if they are 40 percent or above of household non-food consumption expenditures. The Pakistan Panel Household Survey (PPHS) 2010/11 is used for the analysis. The fin…
The Role of Bisp’s Unconditional Cash Transfers in Alleviating Extreme Poverty in Pakistan
The facts of return migration in the wake of Covid-19
The present study investigates the adverse impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on overseas migration of Pakistani workers - both outflows and return flows. The key objective is to propose a policy framework for successful reintegration of return migrants in their origin communities. The findings reveal that around 2 million overseas Pakistanis have been affected due to COVID pandemic; 1.6 million could not go abroad and another 0.3 to 0.4 million had to…
Utilisation Challenges of Public Health Insurance Initiatives
Healthcare utilisation largely depends on both demand and supply-side factors. On the supply side, health infrastructure could be better to serve the population’s needs, whereas, on the demand side, affordability is the main challenge, especially for poor households. Health insurance provides an opportunity to avail of decent health facilities. The government of Pakistan launched the Sehat Sahulat Programme (SSP) to provide equitable and affordab…
Making Sehat Sahulat Programme Sustainable
Today, millions of people in low-income countries lack access to health services due to accessibility and affordability issues. Health financing refers to the “function of a health system concerned with mobilizing and allocating money to cover health needs. There are various healthcare financing models around the globe; the two broader ones are;The supply-side models provide free-of-cost health services in public hospitals, i.e., Canada, Taiwan, …
Unconditional Cash Transfer and Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan
Pakistan, having a population of near to 220 million, has one fourth of its population living below the poverty line and 17% being food insecure. Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) was initiated in 2008 with the objective of consumption smoothening, poverty alleviation and women empowerment. The programme was, and still is, unique in terms of resources, coverage and targeting. Given the resources dedicated to the programme (see box below), i…
An Investigation of the Pattern and Extent of Regional Rural Transformation Development in Pakistan
Rural Transformation Development (RTD) is about the reconstruction of the rural economies their regional patterns through rapid industrialisation, urbanisation, changing cropping patterns and employment structure transformation. However, existing literature overlooks the spatial disparities and multidimensional nature of this transformation, leaving significant gaps. This study employs a holistic approach, utilising Principal Component Analysis (…
Economics (7 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Econometrics (3 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Poverty (3 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (3 works)