Dr Nadeem Ul Haque (VC PIDE) in conversation with Dr Sabina Alkire
Dr Nadeem Ul Haque (VC PIDE) in conversation with Dr Sabina Alkire (Director, OPHI). Dr Haque and Dr Alkire talked about the state of vulnerably poor, the lockdown situation, the ways poor have been impacted by the lockdown situation, the relationship between MPI poor and COVID-19, and the situation of multidimensional poverty index in Pakistan.
Sabina Alkire directs the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), a research centre within the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Her research interests and publications include multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis, welfare economics, Amartya Sen's capability approach, Bhutan's Gross National Happiness index, and human development. She holds a DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford.
PIDE COVID-19 War is a forum to generate debate on concurrent issues Pakistan economy is dealing within the wake of COVID-19 epidemic. This forum will bring medical professionals, academicians, policymakers, and civil society representatives on one platform to discuss the challenges being faced by the country and what it entails to survive through these challenging times now and in the future. With this forum, expert opinions on COVID-19, how the poor are impacted by it, what are the economic costs of lockdown, what are the mechanisms to facilitate the poor, what is the state of health and healthcare, and many other related questions will be answered.