SDPI Policy Briefs

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  Plastic Waste Use in Road Construction: Viable Waste Management? 

  Rana, Sadia; Khwaja, Dr. Mahmood A. (Sustainable Development Policy Institute, 2022-01-24)

  Recently a lot of interest has been taken in waste plastic use, for the first time in a trail one Kilometer Road construction in Islamabad, Pakistan. Waste plastic in road construction has been used, earlier in a few developed and developing countries. Plastic waste is considered a fast emerging & alarming waste management issue worldwide, including Pakistan. Literature survey/review has indicated ...

  Recently a lot of interest has been taken in waste plastic use, for the first time in a trail one Kilometer Road construction in Islamabad, Pakistan. Waste plastic in road construction has been used, earlier in a few developed and developing countries. ...
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  Policy Vacuum: NGPs and the Policy Dilemma in Pakistan 

  Janjua, Waseem Iftikhar; Naqvi, Syed Ali Wasif (Sustainable Development Policy Institute, 2021-12-30)

  Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), through Bloomberg Tobacco Control Initiative and in collaboration with The Union is conducting tobacco control project in Pakistan. The project objectivises to assist the Ministry of National Health in developing Pakistan’s strategic policy direction and guideline on GHW/PHW, Smokeless Tobacco Control (SLTC), and Next Generation Products (NGPs) including ...

  Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), through Bloomberg Tobacco Control Initiative and in collaboration with The Union is conducting tobacco control project in Pakistan. The project objectivises to assist the Ministry of National Health in ...
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  Towards results-oriented national Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) policy: Bridging stakeholders’ equitable involvement 

  Khwaja, Mahmood A. (Sustainable Development Policy Institute, 2021-04-08)

  The main focus of our national science, technology & innovation (ST&I) policy has been on the development of ST&I planning and management, human source development, indigenous technology, technology transfer, creation of absorptive capacity and international cooperation as well as identifying and developing priority “Thrust Areas.” (Ministry of Science and Technology [MoST] 2012). Developing knowledge ...

  The main focus of our national science, technology & innovation (ST&I) policy has been on the development of ST&I planning and management, human source development, indigenous technology, technology transfer, creation of absorptive capacity and ...
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  Strategic Directions for Pakistan's Agenda for SMEs 

  Javed, Sajid Amin (Sustainable Development Policy Institute, 2021-04-05)

  This policy paper proposes four strategic directions for Pakistan’s agenda for SMEs, which include i) designing and continuing targeted support policies and packages for SMEs throughout four phases of recovery from the COVID-19 ii) putting SMEs at the heart of economic and development policy, iii) establishing database and mapping of the SMEs, particularly the informal SMEs and iv) promoting ...

  This policy paper proposes four strategic directions for Pakistan’s agenda for SMEs, which include i) designing and continuing targeted support policies and packages for SMEs throughout four phases of recovery from the COVID-19 ii) putting SMEs at the ...

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