About SPDC
Established in 1995, the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), a non-profit research think tank, has made a significant intellectual contribution in placing issues of pro-poor growth and social development on Pakistan's policy-making agenda. With a focus on issues of development, poverty, inequality, governance, social sector policies, climate, gender issues, and pro-poor macro-economic policy, it contributes to the na Read more...
Latest Arrivals
A Reflection on the State of Economy and Federal Budget 2017-18’."
To present an analysis of the state of Pakistan's economy, SPDC prepared this analytical brief entitled ‘A Reflection on the State of Economy and Federal Budget 2017-18’. It has been compiled in the light of Economic Survey 201...
Poverty and Vulnerability Estimates: Pakistan, 2016
The main objective of this research is to provide poverty and vulnerability statistics estimated from the latest available Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) data. Poverty estimates show that close to 38 percent population of Pakistan...
Implications of Implementing SDGs at the National Level: A Case of Pakistan
The present study focuses on the implications of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the context of Pakistan. The study has identified the structural impediments confronted due to political and bureaucratic hierarchies to ...
Political Economy of Social Development in Pakistan
This paper consists of ten parts. Section one introduces the state of social development in Pakistan and the role of donors; section two presents the methodologies for undertaking PEA and sets out the limitations of the methodology adopted; se...
Citizens' Perceptions of Urban Public Services
In 2015, Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) conducted an Urban citizens’ perception survey on public service delivery. About 4000 households across Pakistan participated in it. The purpose of this survey was to seek opinion of p...
Ongoing Research
Annual Review of Social Development in Pakistan
SPDC publishes thematic reviews of social development in Pakistan, its flagship product that presents an objective, in-depth examination and analyses of various social issues. Each year, key areas and topics for research are identified keeping in view the national and international priorities and events. To date, thirteen annual reviews have been published on themes as diverse as Growth, Inequality and Poverty Reduction; State of Education; Trade Liberalization and Growth; Impact of Devolution on Human Development and Social Development, Women at the Workplace; Social Impact of the Secrity Crisis, and Social Development in Rural Pakistan and Urban Pakistan. Read More
