List of Projects
Summary of IDS past experience related to Operational Reviews, Spot-Checks, and Beneficiary Feedback - Survey Projects Only
Project Title | Dates | Client | Contract Value (in US$) | Coverage |
Monitoring of the National Household Survey of Social Protection and Cohesion in Pakistan | Nov 2015 – Mar 2016 | The World Bank | 50,000 | 90 clusters across Pakistan |
Operational Review of the Waseela-e-Taleem Programme | On-going | Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) / The World Bank | 1.970M | 13 districts across Pakistan |
The Agriculture Drip Irrigation Discrete Choice Experiment Survey | Jan – Jun 2015 | USAID/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | 50,000 | 4 districts |
Spot Check of the (Scorecard-Based) Benazir Income Support Programme (National Roll-Out) | 2011 - Nov 2013 | BISP/The World Bank | 800,000 | 39 districts across Pakistan excl. Balochistan |
Third Party Evaluation of Citizen Damage Compensation Programme | Jun – Nov 2012 | ASP-RSPN/USAID | 235,000 | 79 districts across Pakistan |
Spot Check of the (Scorecard-Based) Benazir Income Support Programme (Test Phase) | Oct 2009 – Jan 2010 | The World Bank | 140,000 | 6 districts from Baluchistan, KPK, AJK, and Sindh |
Rapid Assessment Survey of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) | Jul - Dec 2009 | The World Bank | 127,000 | 6 Districts in Punjab, 4 in Sindh, 1 in Balochistan, 1 in Sindh, and ICT |
Performance Evaluation and Impact Assessment of USAID Entrepreneurs Project | Oct 2013 - May 2014 | USAID - Entrepreneurs Project (MEDA) | 100,000 | 26 Districts across Pakistan |
Exit Survey Waseela-e-Rozgar | Mar - Oct 2013 | The World Bank | 100,000 | 29 Districts |
Third Party Evaluation of Punjab Education Foundation's Foundation Assisted Schools Programme | Dec 2007 - Apr 2008 | Punjab Education Foundation, Government of Punjab | 40,000 | 9 Districts of Punjab |
Summary of IDS past experience – Survey Projects Only
Project Title | Dates | Client | Contract Value (in US$) | Coverage |
Youth Workforce Development Project (YWFD) Evaluation | Aug - Oct 2016 | USAID/Management Systems International (MSI) | 115,000 | Karachi |
SCRP Baseline Survey of 700 Schools | Aug - Oct 2015 | IMC Worldwide | 85,000 | 4 Districts of Punjab |
Pakistan Household Skills Measurement Survey (Wave III) | May – Nov 2015 | The World Bank | 116,500 | 17 Districts across Pakistan |
Punjab Skills Development Fund Furniture Manufacturing Sector Skill Study | April – Nov 2015 | Department for International Development (DFID) | 43,000 | 14 districts in Southern, central and northern Punjab |
Pakistan Rural Household Tracking Survey (panel) | Mar 2012 - Jul 2015 | IFPRI | 200,000 | 19 Districts across Pakistan |
Pakistan Household Skills Measurement Survey (Wave II) | Mar 2014 | The World Bank | 295,000 | 17 Districts across Pakistan |
Baseline of USAID Entrepreneurs Project | Sep 2012- Feb 2013 | USAID-Entrepreneurs Project (MEDA) | 76,000 | 26 Districts across Pakistan |
Pakistan Household Skills Measurement Survey 2012 (Panel) | Mar - Jun 2012 | The World Bank | 260,000 | 17 Districts across Pakistan |
Pakistan Rural Household Aspirations Survey | Sep – Dec 2011 | IFPRI | 20,000 | 9 districts of Punjab |
Wheat Varietal Adoption Study in Punjab | Oct – Nov 2011 | IFPRI/Harvest Plus | 89,000 | 23 districts of Punjab |
Business Delivery Services (BDS) Delivery Gap Analysis and BDS Provider Mapping | Jan - Mar 2010 | FIRMS Project, USAID | 200,000 | 10 Districts from KPK, Baluchistan and Sindh |
District Profile and Sector Assessment | Sep 2009 | FIRMS Project, USAID | 150,000 | 10 Districts from KPK, Baluchistan and Sindh |
Poverty Ranking and Assessment of Community Infrastructure in Selected Districts | Aug - Nov 2009 | Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund | 45,000 | Districts Swabi, Haripur, and Buner |
Baseline and Needs Assessment Survey – Khairpur, Sindh | Oct 2009 | OMV (Oil Company) | 40,000 | District Khairpur |
Study on the State of Domestic Commerce in Pakistan | Apr - Dec 2006 | Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan | 500,000 | 6 Districts of Punjab, 4 of Sindh, 2 of KPK, 1 of Baluchistan, and ICT |
Rural Investment Climate Survey: Sindh and NWFP | 2006 - 2007 | The World Bank | 40,000 | 5 Districts of Sindh and 7 of KPK |
Rural Investment Climate Survey: Punjab | 2006 - 2007 | The World Bank | 40,000 | 10 Districts of Punjab |
Summary of IDS Past Experience in studies that have been presented at national as well as international level, and have made important contributions in policy formulation
Project Title | Dates | Client |
Peer Review of the Punjab Equal Opportunities Program – An Assessment of the CERP support to the Punjab Skills Development Fund | 2013 | DFID |
National Trade Corridor Improvement Program | 2011 | The World Bank |
Profiling Pakistan's Rural Economy for Microfinance | 2009 | Pakistan Microfinance Networks |
User Needs Profile of Executive Education on Governance in Pakistan | 2009 | Governance Institutes Network International |
Revealed Comparative Advantage Analysis of Pakistan's Agricultural Products | 2009 | IFPRI |
The WTO Agreement on Agriculture | 2007 | Government of Pakistan/ITC/WTO |
Pakistan: Promoting Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction | 2007 | The World Bank |
Punjab Economic Report | 2006 | Government of Punjab |
The Impact of Global Cotton and Wheat Markets on Rural Poverty in Pakistan, Pakistan Poverty Assessment Update TA-4139 | 2006 | The Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
Study on Missing Facilities in Punjab | 2006-2007 | ADB |
Action Plan for Restructuring the Institute of Foreign Trade of Pakistan | 2005 | The Ministry of Commerce |
Estimation of Gross Provincial Product of NWFP | 2005 | Government of NWFP |
Integrating the Trade Initiatives from a Human Development Perspective into the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper(PRSP) Process in Pakistan | 2005 | Ministry of Commerce |
Guidelines to facilitate the Selection of Special Products and the Implementation of the Special Safeguard Mechanism in Pakistan | 2005 | International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Geneva |
Incorporating Human Development Concerns through Trade in the PRSP process | 2005 | UNDP funded for the Ministry of Commerce, GoP |
Agricultural Growth and Rural Poverty in Pakistan | 2004 | ADB |
Household Income Sources and Rural Development | 2004 | The World Bank |
The Rural Factor Markets Study | 2004 | The World Bank |
Agricultural Product Markets in Pakistan | 2003 | The World Bank |
Making Agricultural Trade Liberalization Work for the Poor | 2002 | IFPRI/Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) |