Sajid Amin Javed
SDPI (Pakistan)
Areas of expertise:
Governance, Health, Social Issues
Dr. Sajid heads Policy Solutions Lab at Sustainable SDPI. Prior to joining SPDI, he was Senior Research Fellow at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE). His research interest and published work involve issues related to monetary policy, economic growth and sustainable development. Dr. Sajid is part of many public sector committees including Working Group on Macroeconomic Framework-Growth, Investment & Saving; Working Group on Economic Governance and Institutional Reforms [Planning Commission of Pakistan], Working Group on Promoting Remittances Inflows through Legal Channels [Ministry of Emigration and Overseas Employment], and Economic Seed Community of Pakistan [Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Pakistan]. He is also a member of the South-South Global Thinkers, initiative of United Nations South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). He has led the development of SDGs Localization Frameworks for Punjab and Balochistan. Dr. Sajid is a member of visiting faculty at National Institute of Management at National School of Public Policy, Islamabad, Foreign Service Academy, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, and National Defense University. He also regularly contributes to print and electron media on issues related to economic policy. Dr. Sajid holds a PhD in Economics.
Social distancing in Pakistan: Estimates for lives it can save under different scenarios and dollar value of the saved lives
- May 15, 2020SDPI (Pakistan)
Age specific Infection Fatality Rate from China to make projections of possible deaths with and without social distancing.
COVID-19: Impact of Lockdown on SMEs
- April 13, 2020SDPI (Pakistan)
Two surveys conducted in China regarding the impact of lockdown on SMEs are used to construct different scenarios for Pakistan.
Lockdown and Layoffs: The Poor have to Pay the Rents
- April 17, 2020SDPI (Pakistan)
About 80% of Pakistan's poor households work in vulnerable occupations. Now, they are unemployed and facing lay-offs.
Policy uncertainty and COVID-19
- March 29, 2020SDPI (Pakistan)
Once governments are done with the virus, there shall be time to focus on economic recovery.
Financing post COVID-19 business revival and economic recovery: Stress Testing of Banking Sector of Pakistan
- July 16, 2020SDPI (Pakistan)
Evaluation of the financial soundness of Pakistan’s banking sector and its ability to respond to financial pressure in a crisis.
