Journal Articles
Networks of the Belt and Road: The Hidden Role of Financial Brokers
China has emerged as the world's biggest source of development finance, far out-spending traditional sources of aid. In recent years, researchers have made progress in collecting and documenting China's influence through its financing of projects all over the world; however, most of that focus has been on either the Chinese financiers or the effect of Chinese financing on its recipients. In this paper, we focus instead on the network of non-Chinese financiers who facilitate Chinese development financing.
Measuring rising heat and food risk along the belt‑and‑road initiative
China’s global infrastructure fnancing fagship, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) encompasses countries hosting over 60% of the global population and one-third of worldwide GDP. It is based mainly on long-term loans that will mature decades into the future, and timely repayments are only possible if they remain commercially viable.
Continuity and change in Saudi Arabia’s development and humanitarian aid
This paper delves into the motivations and drivers behind Saudi Arabia’s foreign aid, shedding light on the interplay between geopolitics, religious affinity, and strategic objectives. Drawing on newly released empirical data from the Saudi Aid Platform (SAP) dataset, encompassing 47years of aid delivery, the study seeks to answer the long-standing debate surrounding the factors shaping Saudi Arabia’s foreign aid decisions.
AidData’s Geospatial Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset
AidData’s Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset (Version 3.0) provides detailed information about more than 20,000 development projects across 165 low- and middle-income countries financed by 791 official sector Chinese donors and lenders from 2000 to 2021. In this study, we introduce a methodology for identifying the geospatial features of these projects.
China’s Hidden Role in Malaria Control and Elimination in Africa
This paper sheds new light on China’s hidden role in eliminating Africa’s malaria disease burdens through health infrastructure and infectious disease control interventions in the highest disease burden countries over the last two decades.
Chinese Health Funding in Africa: The Untold Story
This study aimed to gain better insights into China’s health aid priorities and the factors driving these priorities across Africa. The findings demonstrate the changes in China’s health aid strategy, starting with addressing diseases already eliminated in China and gradually transitioning towards global health security, health system strengthening, and shaping the governance mechanisms.
Effect of Urban Land Use on Travel Behaviour: Evidence from Lahore
The study uses a rare household travel survey from Lahore and analyzes the effects of public investments in road infrastructure on commute times for different modes. It presents with policy implications focusing attention on the need for infrastructure investments to mitigate the time costs for commuters who walk and who ride the bus.
Gendered Impacts of Environmental Degradation in Informal Settlements: A Comparative Analysis and Policy Implications for India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan
A comparative analysis was conducted of three neighboring countries, India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, where urban environments, climate risks, and gender relations exhibit significant variances
Utility of ecological momentary assessments to collect data on fear of crime
This study uses a pilot study in Lahore, Pakistan to collect and analyze data on fear of crime using smartphone technology. It provides suggestions for improvements to the design and management of the public transit system.
Global water access fund: a new idea to bridge operations and maintenance shortfalls for the poorest water utilities
This research explains how the sustainable development goal for water and sanitation can be achieved and presents a potential solution which blends funding from global philanthropy, solidarity levies, and local matching funds.
Household transportation expenditures in developing countries: Evidence on the effect of urban land use change from Pakistan
This study explores the patterns of household expenditures for transportation in Lahore, Pakistan. As household transportation expenditures increase in zones that became more urbanized, they suggest the government to rezone land toward a mixture of uses to offset the expenditures.
Who benefits from bus rapid transit? Evidence from the Metro Bus System (MBS) in Lahore
This research article uses two series of multiple logistic regression models to explore the purported social benefits of a BRT system. The authors believe that efforts to further integrate the MBS with the greater public transportation network in Lahore will help to mitigate the monetary and the temporal costs of MBS usage which more so affect females.
Can refugees provide the impetus for urban regeneration? Economic integration, social networks and well-being in Peshawar, Pakistan
The vast majority of refugees in Peshawar are making a living, but mostly in low-value-added occupations. Institutionalized collective action platforms can strengthen existing social ties, providing leverage for resource-constrained humanitarian actors.
Modular ABM development in Natural Resource Management for Improved Dissemination and Training
Bell et al. examine agent-based models (AMB) sharing and outline a different publication paradigm for the ABM community that could improve the sharing of model structure and help move toward convergence on a common set of tools and assumptions.
Exploring Creativity and Urban Development with Agent-Based Modeling
Malik et al. investigate the impact of rapid urbanization on the quality of public services. They find that improved urban transportation, mixed land-use regulations, and reduced residential segregation result in greater population density and enable the diffusion of creativity, thus resulting in economic growth.
Policy Options for Financing Urban Transportation in Resource Constrained Environments: the Case of Lahore, Pakistan
In urban Lahore, governments can benefit from land-financing by utilising centrally located state-owned lands through market oriented land-use regulation reforms
Gopalan, Sasidaran, Ammar Anees Malik, and Kenneth Reinert. 2013. “The Renewed Hope of Multilateralism in South Asia: Applying the MFN Principle to Pakistan-India Trade.
Within the context of the World Trade Organization’s principle of nondiscrimination, this practitioner’s commentary examines policy movements by policy makers in India and Pakistan toward normalization of trade between South Asia’s two largest economies.
Gopalan, Sasidaran, Ammar Anees Malik, and Kenneth Reinert. 2013. “The Imperfect Substitutes Model in South
This paper develops a partial equilibrium model and applies to trade between India and Pakistan to examine the welfare gains from the recent decision to grant Most Favored Nation (MFN) status despite the existence of a negative list.
Dominique, Kathleen C., Ammar Anees Malik, and Valerie Remoquillo- Jenni. 2013. “International Benchmarking: Politics and Policy.
To what extent are international benchmarking and rankings an effective tool for policy making? This paper examines the agenda-setting and policy learning roles played by international benchmarking, with a particular focus on OECD countries.
