Digital technology opens up space for enormous economic opportunity and growth: can serve as a tool to bring about socio-political change, become an arena for entertainment, and serve as a medium for governance and law enforcement. From e-commerce and online banking to political revolutions and human rights agency, from online learning to remote robotic medical surgeries, all facets of human and societal life have been impacted by ICT. While the speed and efficiency for everyday tasks has improved, digital technology has also contributed towards both reducing inequality—enhancing the skills and livelihoods of some, and increasing it for some—making the social ladder steeper for others who do not have the right tools or accessibility. This paper attempts to decode the gender digital divide in Pakistan and explores the link between technology and human development. It evaluates the impact of Pakistan’s patriarchal culture on women’s access to technology including the issue of online harassment and argues that digital empowerment is a tool for human rights security. The study also comments on the nexus between education, economic empowerment and technological skills and how human capital development necessitates building digital literacy. Policy recommendations are provided based on three principles: expanding women’s digital capabilities through investments in education, improving their access to ICT tools and creating conducive environments for growth.
Hospital Waste Management and Environmental Disaster Risk: A Case Study of Lahore
The Discussion Paper analyzes the policy framework for Lahore’s hazardous waste management with respect to hospitals and evaluates the extent to which disaster risk reduction is integrated into the implementation process. Whilst previous studies have evaluated the effectiveness of hospital waste management procedures in the country, this research brings to attention the environmental risks that can result from improper waste disposal. It argues that by building adaptive governance, policymaking that anticipates a matrix of development concerns, a public administration response can be cultivated that is able to respond to the dynamic governance challenges improper waste disposal raises.
How is the China Pakistan Media Collaboration Booming Under CPEC
This discussion paper aims to investigate three questions; how has media engagement between China and Pakistan taken shape under the CPEC canopy? Second, how is it transforming Pakistan’s mediascape and cinematic interactions? Third, how is ‘Islamic’ Pakistan and ‘Communist’ China’s cultural cohabitation evolving? This paper argues that media collaboration emerging through CPEC shows resilience of China-Pakistan ties and that it is an expression of Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) broader vision of expanding China’s culture and soft power across the ‘silk road’.CPPG DISCUSSION PAPER: Bridging the Gender and Digital Divide in Post COVID-19 Pakistan: Empowering Women Through ICT
Digital technology opens up space for enormous economic opportunity and growth: can serve as a tool to bring about socio-political change, become an arena for entertainment, and serve as a medium for governance and law enforcement.
Effective implementation of Punjab Local Government Act 2019 Consultations
Creation of Pakistan
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The CPPG’s monograph “China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Demands, Dividends and Directions” has been published and is available for purchase at the Centre for Public Policy and Governance, Room E-017 Elahi Building Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) Lahore. It is also available at Readings 12 K 2, Main Boulevard Gulberg, Block K Gulberg 2, Lahore and other leading bookstores. Click here for more detail
Changing Dynamics of China-India Relations: CPEC and Prospects for Pakistan
CPPG’s seventh and latest Position Paper “Chaning Dynamics of China-India Relations: CPEC and Prospects for Pakistan” authored by Dr. Saeed Shafqat and Saba Shahid is now available online.
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