This paper underscores the importance of updating the baseline data underpinning Pakistan’s 7th NFC Award, which currently relies on outdated census figures and administrative boundaries. To more accurately reflect recent demographic and fiscal developments, it recommends a technical recalibration using…
2026-04-07
The Revenue Loss due to Illicit Cigarette Trade in Pakistan
2026-04-02 | Research and Policy Brief
PAKISTAN - TOBACCO FACT SHEET 2006 Advancing Public Health and Strengthening Fiscal Stability: Cigarette Tax Proposal for 2026-27
2026-04-02 | Research and Policy Brief
In Pakistan, the official poverty estimates are provided by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics and the Planning Commission using household consumption data from the Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES). The latest official estimates, based on the HIES 2024-25, indicate that…
2026-03-27 | Research and Policy Brief
Electronic, print, and social media, along with international agencies and academia, have all highlighted a considerable increase in Pakistan’s poor population, mostly due to the difficult economic situation and domestic inflation reaching multi-decade highs, especially during the periods 2020-21 and…
2026-03-24 | Research Report
The Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) is funded by the Economics for Health team (formerly Tobacconomics) at Johns Hopkins University (previously housed at University of Illinois Chicago, or UIC) to conduct economic research on…
March 26, 2024
An Assessment of the Ba-Himmat Buzurg Programme [2024] – Research Report Supported by GIZ Pakistan Assessing the Prospects of SOS Children's Village in Tharparkar [2022] Supported by SOS Children's Villages Interactive Dialogues on Countering Violent…
July 11, 2025
The Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), Karachi, commemorated three decades of policy-focused research by hosting a high‑level policy dialogue on “Fiscal Federalism and Social Development in Pakistan” at the Marriott Hotel, Islamabad, on December 15, 2025. The event took place at a More ..
The Economics for Health team at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University cordially hosted the Asia and EMR Regional Think Tank Meeting on Tobacco Taxation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 16-17 October, 2025. The participants from 9 countries discussed progress & challenges on to More ..
In alignment with the WHO’s 2025 World No Tobacco Day theme. “Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco Products," Social Policy and Development Center (SPDC) in collaboration with the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), is organizing a seminar. This engagement aims More ..
Regional Consultation on Innovative Ideas and Knowledge Sharing Organized by Centre for Policy Dialogue in collaboration with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) in collaboration with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation organized a Regional Consultation on I More ..
Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) and Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University co-hosted the Tobacconomics Global Research Conference on Tobacco Taxation in Istanbul, Türkiye from 15th-17th October, 2024. Experts from Asia, Europe, Latin America and USA gathered to More ..
SPDC and SPARC jointly hold a Seminar on Optimizing Tobacco Taxation in Pakistan, Seminar was held on 28th May 2024, at Marriott Hotel, Islamabad. Smokers’ response to price changes suggests an enormous potential for taxation to discourage smoking in Pakistan. As a result of the recent hike in More ..
