G²LM|LIC/path2dev/BREAD Academic and Policy Conference on Development Economics
September 11, 2025 - September 13, 2025
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G²LM|LIC/path2dev/BREAD Academic and Policy Conference on Development Economics

September 11, 2025 - September 13, 2025
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan
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Organizers: Tahir Andrabi (CERP and Pomona College), David Atkin (MIT and BREAD), Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics, BREAD and IZA), Supreet Kaur (University of California, Berkeley, BREAD and IZA), Asim Ijaz Khwaja (Harvard Kennedy School, BREAD), Annabelle Krause-Pilatus (IZA), Hadia Majid (Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)), Rabea Malik (IDEAS), Ijaz Nabi (International Growth Centre (IGC) and CDPR), Imran Rasul (University College London, BREAD and IZA), Farah Said (Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)), Maroof Syed (Center of Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)), Alessandra Voena (Stanford University and BREAD), Kate Vyborny (World Bank)
Event Manager: Viola Hartmann

Program

+++ long presentation: 45 minutes +++ Q&A: 15 minutes +++
+++ short presentation: 20 minutes +++ Q&A: 10 minutes +++

Thursday, September 11

09:00 - 09:15

Registration

09:15 - 09:30

Introductory Remarks

 

Session A

10:30 - 11:00

Zahra Mansoor (University of Bristol), Garance Genicot (Georgetown University), Ghazala Mansuri (World Bank)
"Incentivizing Frontline Workers and their Supervisors: Experimental Evidence from Agricultural Extension in Pakistan"

11:00 - 11:30

Torsten Figueiredo Walter (NYU Abu Dhabi), Niclas Moneke (University of Oxford)
"Endogenous Sample Selection"

11:30 - 12:00

Tea Break

 

Session B

12:00 - 12:30

Zubaria Andlib (Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology)
"Breaking the Scroll (BTS): A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing Social Media Use and Youth Mental Health in the Context of a Developing Economy"

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

 

Session C

14:00 - 15:00

Lelys Dinarte Diaz (World Bank and IZA), James Gresham (World Bank), Renata Lemos (World Bank), Harry Patrinos (University of Arkansas and IZA), Rony Rodriguez-Ramirez (Harvard University)
"Investing in Human Capital During Wartime: Experimental Evidence from Ukraine"

15:00 - 16:00

Faiz Ur Rehman (Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi), Adeel Malik (University of Oxford), Rinchan Ali Mirza (University of Kent)
"Frontier Rule and Conflict "

16:00 - 16:30

Tea Break

 

Session D

16:30 - 17:00

Farah Imami (Lahore School of Economics)
"Intra-Household Information Sharing and Female Labour Force Participation: A Case of Pakistan"

17:00 - 17:30

18:30

Dinner

Friday, September 12

 

Session E

09:30 - 10:30

Kate Vyborny (World Bank), Robert Garlick (Duke University and IZA), Erica Field (Duke University, BREAD and IZA)
"Women’s Mobility and Labour Supply: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan"

11:00 - 11:30

Till Wicker (Tilburg University), Patricio Dalton (Tilburg University), Daan van Soest (Tilburg University)
"Mental Accounting and Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from a Humanitarian Setting"

11:30 - 12:00

Tea Break

 

Session F

12:30 - 13:00

Sila Mishra (Researcher), ONLINE PRESENTATION
"Delivering to the Gig Workers: Time Use and Social Protection in the Gig Economy"

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch

 

Session G

14:30 - 15:30

Ali Cheema (Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)), Ali Abbas (International Monetary Fund), Michael Carlos Best (Columbia University and BREAD), Ahsan Zia Farooqui (University of Sussex), Adnan Qadir Khan (FCDO), Shandana Khan Mohmand (University of Sussex)
"The Political Economy of Progressive Tax Reform: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan"

15:30 - 16:30

Saturday, September 13

09:30 - 10:30

Keynote

Imran Rasul (University College London, BREAD and IZA)
"-- to be announced --"

10:30 - 11:00

Tea Break

11:00 - 12:30

Panel Session 1
Macro/Governance

Moderation: Shahrukh Wani (Senior Country Manager for Zambia, International Growth Centre)

Opening Remarks: Ijaz Nabi (Country Director, IGC Pakistan & Honorary Executive Director, CDPR)

Rashid Langrial (Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue, Government of Pakistan)
Roberta Gatti (Chief Economist MENAAP Region, World Bank)
Ali Cheema (Vice Chancellor, Lahore University of Management Sciences)
Murtaza Jafferjee (CEO of JB’s Securities and Chairperson of Advocata Institute, Sri Lanka)

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Panel Session 2
Gender

Moderation: Farah Said (Assistant Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS))

Opening Remarks: Annabelle Krause-Pilatus (Deputy Programme Director, G²LM|LIC Programme and IZA)

Ume Laila Azhar (Chairperson, National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW))
Hamna Ahmed (Associate Professor, Lahore School of Economics)
Raymond Robertson (Academic Program Director, Bush School DC, Texas A&M University and IZA)
Kate Vyborny (Economist, South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab, World Bank)

15:00 - 15:30

Tea Break

15:30 - 17:00

Panel Session 3
Maternal Health and Nutrition

Moderation: tba

Contact

Forschungsinstitut zur
Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA)

Schaumburg-Lippe-Straße 5–9
53113 Bonn, Germany