Fourth Annual International Conference

Rethinking Economics in the

Contemporary World
9 – 10 December 2024

Day 1: Monday, December 9th, 2024

Time Session Venue

9:00 am - 9:30 am Registration

Welcome address
9:30 am Lubna Naz
Institute of Business Administration

Opening Remarks
9:40 am S Akbar Zaidi
Institute of Business Administration

Keynote Address I

Prosperity and the Economy of the 21st Century

9:45 am - 11:15 am Henrietta L. Moore G&T Auditorium
Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London

Moderated by Asma Hyder

Institute of Business Administration

Presentation
Kiyoshi Taniguchi
Asian Development Bank
11:15 am - 11:30 am
and

Marcel Schröder
Asian Development Bank

11:30 am - 11:45 am Tea Break

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 MOU Signing
(By invitation only)

11:30 am - 12:00 pm Henrietta L. Moore

Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London Board Room

S Akbar Zaidi
Institute of Business Administration

Panel I
Rethinking International Trade in a Digitalized World

Moderated by
Aadil Nakhoda
Institute of Business Administration

11:45 am-1:00 pm G&T Auditorium

Panelists

Alexey Kravchenko, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for

Asia and the Pacific
Aftab Haider, Pakistan Single Window
Farzana Noshab, Asian Development Bank
Nadia Seth, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority
Farooq Ahmed Khan, Bank Alfalah

1:00 pm -2:30 pm Lunch Break Student Center

Parallel Technical Session I

Session titles

Human Development and Inclusion (MAV 1) Seminar Rooms,

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Human Development and Inclusion (MAV 2) Adamjee
Environment, Energy and Growth Nexus (S1) building
Digital Transformation: Insights from Complex Economic Data
(S2)

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 Growth, Trade and Digitalization

Moderator by
Manzoor Ahmad

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm “Pakistan’s Transformative Digital Future: Growth Strategy and

Roadmap”
Nasruminallah Mian, Asian Development Bank

“Enhancing Trade Efficiency and Transparency: Digitalization of

trade eco system under Pakistan Single Window”
Naveed Abbas Memon, Pakistan Single Window

“Macroeconomic trends”
Aasim Wajid Jawad, Bank Alfalah G&T Auditorium

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Tea Break

In Conversation

Economists as Vice Chancellors

S Akbar Zaidi
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Institute of Business Administration

with
Ali Cheema
Lahore University of Management Sciences

Networking

Reserve a Table with experts

Breakout
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Higher education, internship and research opportunities Rooms,
(student event) Adamjee
building
Nasir Iqbal, Demetrio Panarello, Zehra Aftab, Hadia Majid, Harun Uasak, Karim
Khan, Zahid Asghar, Anwar Shah, Abdul Salam, Mahdi Ansari

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 Day 2: Tuesday, December 10th, 2024

Time Session Venue

9:00 am - 9:30 am Registration

Keynote Address II

Muhammad Aurangzeb
Minister for Finance and Revenue
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Moderated by
S Akbar Zaidi
Institute of Business Administration

11:00 am - 11:15 am Tea Break

G&T
Panel II Auditorium
Institutions, Laws, and Development

Moderated by
Faiz ur Rehman
Institute of Business Administration

11:15 am - 12:45 pm
Panelists

Adeel Malik, University of Oxford

Sultan Mahmood, New Economic School
Asad Rahim Khan, Ashtar Ali LLP
Laila Sohail Farooq, Institute of Business Administration

12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch Break Student Center

In Conversation

Behavioral Insights
G&T
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Asma Hyder Auditorium
Institute of Business Administration

with
Sheheryar Banuri
University of East Anglia

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3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Tea Break

Parallel Technical Session II

Session titles
Seminar
Room,
Evolving Dynamics in Inflation, Monetary and Fiscal Policy (S1)
Adamjee
Institutions, and Economics (S2)
building
Cities and Infrastructure (MAV 1)
Innovation, Productivity and Competitiveness (MAV 2)

3:15 pm - 5:15 pm Round Table

Fostering Global Partnerships in Higher Education
(By invitation)

Moderated by Conference
Asma Hyder Room, Tabba
Institute of Business Administration Building

and
Muhammad Nasir
Institute of Business Administration

Closing Remarks, Shield and Certificate Distribution

G&T
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Muhammad Nasir Auditorium
Institute of Business Administration

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 Post Conference Activities
(By invitation only)

Wednesday December 11th, 2024

Workshop on

Trade Intelligence and Negotiations Advisor (TINA) and Legal TINA

Opening Remarks by
Muhammad Nasir
Institute of Business Administration

Moderated by
10:00 am -11:30 am Aadil Nakhoda MCS 3 Aman CED
Institute of Business Administration

Presentation
Alexey Kravchenko
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific

Foyer area Aman

11:30 am - 11:45 am Tea Break
CED

Presentation
11:45 am - 1:00 pm Alexey Kravchenko MCS 3 Aman CED
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific

Foyer area Aman

1:00 pm Lunch
CED

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 Thursday December 12th, 2024

Round Table

Policy Dialogue on Paperless Cross-border Trade

Opening Remarks by

Manzoor Ahmad

Presentation by

Alexey Kravchenko Meeting room Aman

10:30 am - 1:00 pm
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the CED
Pacific

Open Floor Discussion

Concluding remarks by

Aadil Nakhoda
Institute of Business Administration

Foyer area Aman

1:00 pm Lunch
CED

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 PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSION I-DAY I (2:30 PM - 4:30 PM)
Session titles Paper titles Presenters
Does Improving Infrastructural Facilities at Abbas Ali Gillani,
Schools Increases Participation Rate of Differently University of Lincoln
Chair:
Abled Children? Evidence from Pakistan Nasir Iqbal,
The Power of Assets: A Catalyst for Nasir Iqbal, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Multidimensional Well-being Pakistan Institute of Development
Economics
Human Development Discussants:
Human Capital Skills and Industrial Output Keji Sunday, Khadija Bari,
and Inclusion I Growth in sub-Saharan Africa. An implication for Federal University Oye Ekiti
Institute of Business Administration
Human Capital Migration: A dynamic system
GMM approach. Fatima Sadik,
Integrating Human Development in Teacher Sadia Batool, Institute of Business Administration
Training: The Role of Mentored Blended Learning Karakoram International University
and MOOCs

Effect of Violent Conflict on Female Decision- Shagufta Sultana,

Making Power within the Household Pakistan Institute of Development
Economics

Impact of Multilateral Aid on Female Access to Muhammad Ashar Khan, Chair:

Education and Employment: A Spatiotemporal Habib University Abdul Salam Lodhi,
Analysis of World Bank (WB) Aid Projects in Baluchistan University of Information Technology,
Pakistan Engineering and Management Sciences

Human Development Corruption and Education: A Cross-Analysis Abdul Salam Lodhi,

Using Panel Data Baluchistan University of Information Discussants:
and Inclusion II
Technology, Engineering and Management Amir Jahan,
Sciences Institute of Business Administration
Gender Segregation in Caring Labor: The Impact Evelyn Cheng,
of Social Norms on Career Choices Harvard Kennedy School Sadia Mehboob,
(Online) Institute of Business Administration
An Empirical Assessment of the Determinants of Fahim Nawaz,
Radicalization: Evidence from North-Western University of Peshawar
Pakistan

Environment, Environmental Concerns: Thinking Beyond the Muhammad Faisal Ali,

Energy, and Growth Traditional Elections Pakistan Institute of Development
Chair:
Economics
Nexus Impact of Pathogenic E. Coli in Drinking Water on Aysha Khatoon, Heman Das Lohano,
Institute of Business Administration
the Well-being of Children Institute of Business Administration

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 Assessing university students' behavior toward Shahla Rani,
environmental sustainability in Pakistan; a case Pakistan Institute of Development Discussants:
Economics
study of Islamabad and Rawalpindi Sahar Mahmood,
(Online) Institute of Business Administration
Analyzing Food Security Trends Amidst Faisal Azeem Abbassi,
Environmental Challenges: A Convergence University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Junaid Memon,
Perspective Institute of Business Administration
Role of greenfield investment, institutional quality, Jamal Hussain,
and economic activities on environmental Karakoram International University
performance in belt & road initiative countries

Assessing Pakistan’s Textile Exports under Trade Junaid Ahmed,

Agreements Pakistan Institute of Development Chair:
Economics
Hadia Majid,
Customer Data and the Digital Age Mahdi Ansari, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Digital Sharif University of Technology
Transformation: Digital bodyguards: Experimental evidence on the Zehra Aftab,
Insights from Discussants:
role of personal safety on mobility and Prince Muhammad University
Wali Ullah,
Complex Economic empowerment Institute of Business Administration
Data If You Can’t Beat Them Join Them: Empirical Shahmeer Mohsin,
Assessment into How Integrating Conventional Paris Sciences et Lettres University Zehra Aftab,
Taxis on the Uber App Impacts Conventional Taxi Prince Muhammad University
Ridership

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 PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSION II - DAY II (3:15 PM - 5:15 PM)
Session titles Paper titles Presenters
Does Central Bank Transparency Curb Foreign Muhammad Aftab, Chair:
Exchange Vulnerability? COMSATS, University Islamabad Kalim Hyder,
Bayesian Estimation of a Pragmatic Model for Shahzad Ahmad, State Bank of Pakistan
Monetary Policy Analysis: The Case of Pakistan State Bank of Pakistan
Evolving Dynamics Monetary Policy in Good Times and in Bad: Empirical Haider Ali,
in Inflation, Evidence from Pakistan Pakistan Institute of Development Discussants:
Monetary and Economics Ilfan Oh,
Fiscal Policy From Boom to Bust: The Perils of Pro-Cyclicality in Nadeem Sarwar, Institute of Business Administration
Fiscal Policy FAST-National University
A Review on Fiscal and Debt Policies in Pakistan Karim Khan, Karim Khan,
Pakistan Institute of Development Pakistan Institute of Development
Economics Economics

Role of Sufi Shrines in Local Politics: A Case Study of Sarfraz Ahmad, Chair:
Mitthan Kot Rajanpur, Pakistan Institute of Business Management (IoBM) Anwar Shah,
Authoritarian Legality of SIFC: An Inquiry into the Hassan Zaheer, Quaid-i-Azam University
Dual State and Economic Decision making in Pakistan Centre for Strategic and Contemporary
Institutions and Research Discussants:
Economics Criminal Justice system initiation-criminal Justice Maryam Dars, Adnan Haider,
system reusable Khawaja Fareed UEIT Institute of Business Administration
Reform Impacts: The Long-Term Outcomes of an Hadia Majid,
Equal Opportunity Admissions Reform Lahore University of Management Sciences Muhammad Sabir,
Pros and cons of debt financing: an objective analysis Anwar Shah, Institute of Business Administration
Quaid-i-Azam University

Unlocking the Power of Data: Enhancing Public Policy Zahid Asghar,

through Advanced Data Infrastructure and Language Quaid-i-Azam University Chair:
Model Analysis Qazi Masood,
Institute of Business Administration
The energy efficiency price premium of residential Demetrio Panarello,
Cities and buildings in three Italian regions Link Campus University
Infrastructure The Economic Contribution of Cherry to the Rizwan Akhtar, Discussants:
Household Economy in Pakistan. A case study from Karakoram International University
Demetrio Panarello,
Lower-Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan Link Campus University
Fiscal decentralization and education index; Evidence Noor Ahmed,
from Punjab Pakistan Baluchistan University of Information Zahid Asghar,
Technology, Engineering and Management Quaid-i-Azam University
Sciences

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 Teaching of Economics Quratulain Shafique,
Institute of Business Administration

Virtual water trade: theory and an empirical application Harun Uasak,

Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University
Do Tourists perception of social responsibility Amjad Ali, Chair:
awareness shape tourists environmental behavior? A Karakoram International University Harun Uasak,
case study in a high mountain region Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University
Innovation, Analyzing the role of innovation and digitalization in Muhammad Adnan Khan,
Productivity and accelerating productivity: A comparative analysis of Abdul Wali Khan University Discussants:
Competitiveness four Asian countries Ateeb Shah,
Institute of Business Administration
The evolution of innovation, productivity and Elifnur Meral,
competitiveness relationship in the global markets Akdeniz University
(Online)
Salman Khalid,
Infrastructure and innovation: Unveiling the Impact of Muhammad Faraz Riaz, Institute of Business Administration
City Size on Individual Innovation Perceptions from a Government College University
global dataset

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