Assistant Professor at Lahore School of Economics, Research Fellow @CREB_Pak, Alumna of @UniKent, @warwickuni, @MGSHSS_LUMS

Joined August 2019
Submissions for our annual conference #ADE2024 are now open! Submit your papers by May 10, 2024 to have a chance to visit #Pakistan. Travel and accommodation will be covered for selected speakers. Stay tuned for plenary speaker announcements! #EconTwitter #devecon
Exciting news ahead!! We are back with #ADE2024. The conference will be held in #Lahore, August 15-17, 2024. The call for papers for the Applied Development Economics Conference 2024 is now open! Submit your papers by Friday, May 10, 2024, here: forms.gle/kmhL2pmrrE14ytCNA #DevEcon
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#ADE2026 We are now accepting submissions till May 3. #ConferenceDates: 17-19 August Would love to receive yours! Great opportunity to engage with fellow development economists, exchange ideas, receive feedback and enjoy the historical and hospitable city of #Lahore.
📢 #ADE2026 is here! The Applied Development Economics Conference invites submissions on development research. Deadline: 3 May 2026 Submit your paper via the link below or visit creb.org.pk forms.gle/N4c78chA6w2MZbWr5 @Lahore_School @CDPRPak @The_IGC @INNOVATE_CENTRE
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Hamna Ahmed retweeted
If you’re going to use AI for lit review, try this. At minimum, Ask Claude code to pull PDFs locally based on the lit review prompt (“I want you to search for the seminal studies on XYZ”). It’ll use web crawl to do that, unless it’s gated then it won’t. 1/n
In my experience AI is not great at lit reviews and is terrible at peer review. Refine can find mistakes in a paper but that’s not the same thing as a referee report.
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Ceasefire violations reported as shelling reported over LOC on both Pakistan and Indian media. While both countries claim violation from the otherside what is an important fact is that Pakistan welcomed and celebrated the ceasefire as a victory while the Indian media and commentators doubled down on jingoism, criticized the US for playing an intermediary and needed to show a decisive win. Pakistan has no reason to re-engage or escalate and there was no political discord over the ceasefire. Pakistan didn't thump its chest, didn't try to bully India didn't celebrate the death of innocents in Pahalgam. It has taken immense pride in its ability to make India back down. Indian sentiment on the other hand represented through its artists, celebrities and commentators was celebrating every Pakistani killed even if it was a 7 year old child. Deaths of children were dismissed by them by alleging that the dead were family members of alleged terrorists. India has been hiding loss to its military assets especially the now globally confirmed loss of a Rafale Jet. All its drones were shot down, none of its Jets entered Pakistani airspace nor any border post was lost by Pakistan. Despite this India through a coordinated strategy used every single major mainstream news outlet to create fiction for its over one billion population of India having destroyed all major cities of Pakistan and having conquered massive territory. Small men in big offices are slaves of their ego and lack the capacity to think rationally. Modi is one such small man whose real aspirations as a blood thirsty racist Nazi have been disguised by the media to make him look like an assertive visionary and a bold statesman.
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We are excited to announce that the Call for Papers is now open for Pathways to Development Conference, 2024! The theme for this year is Governance and Inclusion. Submission deadline is June 30, 2024. Read full CFP here: bit.ly/3y18Cju #Path2Dev
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Looking forward to my talk on the potential of skilling programs through MOOC platforms for improving labour market outcomes on 19th May. Folks in Lahore are welcome to register and attend!
Lahore School of Economics Annual Conference Management of Pakistan’s Economy on 18-19 April 2024.
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Get a glimpse into the spirit of the Applied Development Economics Conference! Dr. Azam Chaudhry, Senior Research Fellow at @CREB_Pak and Dean of Economics at the @Lahore_School, shares key insights on why you shouldn't miss this event.
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May the blessings of #Eid bring joy, prosperity, and success to you and your loved ones! Eid Mubarak from #TeamCREB Wishing you a wonderful celebration filled with happiness and cherished moments. #EidMubarak #CREB #Celebration #Eid2024
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Dr. Azam Amjad Chaudhry, @Lahore_School Pro-Rector Dean of Economics & @WTO Chair for 🇵🇰 was a guest lecturer at @NSPP_Pak last month, for its 120th National Management Course.
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My brain is having the time of her life at the TXDV conference that @raissafabregas @M_Angeluc @rossella_calvi organized in Austin. What a panel of amazing economists discussing “what’s exciting in development”! @AlessandraVoena @PJakiela @JessAGoldberg @GGenicot Siwan Anderson!
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We are thrilled to announce the distinguished Plenary Speakers for #ADE2024 Adrienne Lucas (@ProfALucas)- Professor of Economics, University of Delaware Jonathan Morduch (@JMorduch)- Professor of Public Policy and Economics, New York University
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🥳Just out in the @JPolEcon: 👉RCT shows that mentoring program strongly improves labor market prospects of disadvantaged adolescents Paper w/ @SvenRes @JRuhose @SimonWiederhold @katharina_wedel 🔗journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10… Here's a🧵: xitter.cf/Woessmann/status/16833…
🚨Now "just accepted" @JPolEcon: Can Mentoring Alleviate Family Disadvantage in Adolescence? A Field Experiment to Improve Labor-Market Prospects w/ @SvenRes @JRuhose @SimonWiederhold @katharina_wedel 👉Strong 3-year effects of mentoring RCT journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10… 🧵 1/9
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Our World Bank SAR-GIL team is recruiting for 2 STC positions based in Pakistan. We are looking for candidates with prior knowledge of RCTs, strong understanding of data, and excellent communication and managerial skills.
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Are you ready?
Get ready for the ADE Conference 2024! Exciting updates ahead - stay tuned for our Call for Papers announcement! #ADEConference #CallForPapers #Research #Development
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Congratulations are in order for my brilliant friend @_farahsaid for this great milestone. May this be the beginning or even greater beginnings with exciting opportunities to contribute and make a difference in our field. All the best! 🎉 @HaqMahbub
📣 We are excited to announce that Dr. Farah Said has joined our research centre as the Executive Director. Join us in applauding this extraordinary accomplishment and wishing her continued success in shaping the future of MHRC. @LifeAtLUMS
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CREB is thrilled to announce the official launch of its LinkedIn page! Click on the link below to follow for updates, insights and networking opportunities. linkedin.com/company/centre-… #Connectwithus #Research #LinkedInLaunch
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Join us for an upcoming workshop, bringing together research and policy discussion on, 'Career Structures in Economics'. Co-organized by @StoneEcon_UCL @hubequalrep and @EEANews and hosted by @STICERD_LSE Register here (in person and online options): sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/event…
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Today's cool young researcher #EconTwitter is @akib_kn @EconomicsUU, who works on human capital + experiments. . .though I normally focus on post-PhD researchers, Akib is already so productive it's hard to believe he's a PhD candidate! sites.google.com/view/akibkh…
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