Asad Sayeed

Academic Background

M.Phil and Phd from the Faculty of Economics, Cambridge University, UK.
B.A. in Economics and Social Thought from Lawrence University, Wisconsin, USA.

Research Experience

Asad has been with the Collective since its inception, but actively started working as Senior Research Associate in 2003. Previously, Asad has worked as Senior Economist at the Social Policy Development Centre from 1995 to 1997. He was then Director of Research at the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research from 1997 to 2000. In 2001-02, he was Visiting Research Fellow at the Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC), University of Karachi. In 2002-03, Asad was awarded a fellowship by the Asia Scholarship Foundation to conduct research on Thailand. He was associated with them as a Research Fellow at the Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.

Research Interests

Political Economy of Growth and Structural Change, Industrial Policy in Developing Countries, New Institutional Economics, Labour Market Dynamics in Developing Countries, Social Protection, Macroeconomic Policy with special reference to growth, debt management and poverty alleviation, Political Economy of Corruption

Reports and Publications at the Collective
1.
Asad Sayeed, Contextualising Corruption in Pakistan. Social Science and Policy Bulletin, Lahore University of Management Sciences. Vol. 2, No. 1. Summer 2010.
Keywords: Corruption, Governance, Pakistan, Political Economy
     
2.
Panel of Economists, Final Report of the Panel of Economists: Medium-Term Development Imperatives and Strategy for Pakistan. Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan. April 2010.
     
3.
Naila Kabeer, Khawar Mumtaz and Asad Sayeed, Beyond Risk Management: Vulnerability, Social Protection and Citizenship in Pakistan. Journal of International Development. Vol. 22, No. 1. January 2010.
Keywords: Citizenship, Inequality, Social Protection, Social Transfers, Vulnerability
     
4.
Asad Sayeed, Dr. Shehla Zaidi, Prof. Zulfiqar Bhutta, Zahid Memon and Dr. Ajmal Agha, Result Based Financing Mechanisms for Improving Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Outputs: A Feasibility Study for 10 Selected Districts of Rural Sindh. The Aga Khan University, Karachi. November 2008.
5.
Ali Cheema, Haris Gazdar, Mohammad Farooq Naseer and Asad Sayeed, Elections 2008 Turnout. Herald. March 2008.
Keywords: Election Studies
     
6.
Ali Cheema, Haris Gazdar, Mohammad Farooq Naseer and Asad Sayeed, Elections 2008 Voter Registration. Herald. March 2008.
Keywords: Election Studies
     
7.
Ali Cheema, Haris Gazdar, Mohammad Farooq Naseer and Asad Sayeed, Elections 2008 Representation. Herald. March 2008.
Keywords: Election Studies
     
8.
Ali Cheema, Haris Gazdar, Mohammad Farooq Naseer and Asad Sayeed, Support Base. Herald. March 2008.
Keywords: Election Studies
     
9.
Ali Cheema, Haris Gazdar, Mohammad Farooq Naseer and Asad Sayeed, Elections 2008 Trends. Herald. March 2008.
Keywords: Election Studies
     
10.
Syed Akmal Hussain, Haris Gazdar and Asad Sayeed, Macroeconomic Management and Poverty Trends in Pakistan 1999-2007. The Asia Foundation, Islamabad. December 2007.
Keywords: Economic Management, Poverty
11.
Haris Gazdar and Asad Sayeed, Pro-Poor Growth Agenda - Institutions and Institutional Change. The Asia Foundation, Islamabad. December 2007.
Keywords: Political Economy, Poverty
12.
Haris Gazdar and Asad Sayeed, The Taliban/Al-Qaeda Threat as an Institutional Challenge to the State in Pakistan. The Asia Foundation, Islamabad. December 2007.
Keywords: Political Economy, Conflict
13.
Haris Gazdar and Asad Sayeed, The Politics of Demilitarizing State and Society. The Asia Foundation, Islamabad. December 2007.
Keywords: Political Economy
14.
Asad Sayeed, Army's Business. Economic & Political Weekly. October 2007.
Keywords: Political Economy
     
15.
Asad Sayeed and Rashid Memon, Beyond the Investment Climate: Understanding the Investment Conundrum in Pakistan. Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. September 2007.
Keywords: Political Economy
     
16.
Asad Sayeed and Ayesha Ibrahim, Domestic Commerce in Pakistan: Synthesis Report. Innovative Development Strategies, Islamabad. May 2007.
Keywords: Economic Management
     
17.
Asad Sayeed and Ali Cheema, Bureaucracy and Pro-Poor Change. Working Paper No. 3. Pakistan Institute of Development Studies, Islamabad. 2006.
Keywords: Political Economy
     
18.
Asad Sayeed and Ayesha Ibrahim, Country Background Report: Trade Unions in Pakistan. Berenschot and Institute of Social Studies, Hague. November 2006.
Keywords: Labour
     
19.
Asad Sayeed, Naila Kabeer and Khawar Mumtaz, Citizenship and Social Protection: Towards a 'Transformative' Agenda for Pakistan. DFID, United Kingdom. April 2006.
Keywords: Social Marginalization
     
20.
Asad Sayeed, Faisal Bari, Emma Hooper, Shahid Kardar, Shanza N. Khan, and Irfan Mohammad, Conceptualizing a Social Protection Framework for Pakistan. Asian Development Bank, Islamabad. September 2005.
Keywords: Social Protection
     
21.
Asad Sayeed, The Defence Budget and Good Governance. SZABIST, Karachi. 2004.
Keywords: Political Economy
22.
Asad Sayeed and Radhika Balakrishnan, Why Do Firms Disintegrate? Towards an Understanding of the Firm-level Decision to Subcontract and its Implications for Labor. in ed. William Milberg, Labor and the Globalization of Production: Causes and Consequences of Industrial Upgrading. Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire. 2004.
Keywords: Labour
     
23.
Asad Sayeed, Rashid Memon, Hussain Bux Mallah and Haseeb Athar, Labour and Governance in the Road Sector: Issues arising in ADB operations in Pakistan. Asian Development Bank, Islamabad. December 2004.
Keywords: Labour
     
24.
Asad Sayeed, Violence as a Handmaiden to Development? The Story of Capital Accumulation in Thailand. Paper Presented at the First South Asia Fellows of the Asian Scholarship Foundation Conference, New Delhi, November 7-8, 2004.
Keywords: Political Economy
25.
Asad Sayeed, Corruption, Governance and Development in Thailand. Paper Presented at the Fourth Annual Fellows Conference of the Asian Scholarship Foundation, Bangkok, August 3-4, 2004. August 2004.
Keywords: Political Economy
     
26.
Asad Sayeed, Social Protection in Pakistan: Concept, Situation Analysis and the Way Forward. Working Paper 5. Center for Research on Poverty Reduction and Income Distribution, Islamabad. Febuary 2004.
Keywords: Social Protection
     
27.
Haris Gazdar and Asad Sayeed, Drivers of Pro-Poor Change in Pakistan: Scoping Paper. Mimeograph. Collective for Social Science Research, Karachi. December 2003.
Keywords: Political Economy
28.
Asad Sayeed and Khalid Nadvi, Industrial Capital and Pro-Poor Change. Mimeograph. Collective for Social Science Research, Karachi. December 2003.
Keywords: Political Economy
Press Publications

1.
Asad Sayeed, Viability of new units. The News. 25 April 2010.
     
2.
Asad Sayeed, Short March to Despotism. The Friday Times. 23-29 April 2010.
     
3.
Asad Sayeed, The Political Economist. The News, Interview. 7 March 2010.
     
4.
Asad Sayeed, The Imperfect Best, Book Review of Electoral Processes and Governance in South Asia, edited by Dushyantha Mendis. Herald. February 2009.
Keywords: Election Studies, Democracy, South Asia
     
5.
Asad Sayeed, Reap What You Sow: Pakistan's Economy in 2008. Daily Dawn, New Year Special Edition. January 2009.
Keywords: Economy
     
Other Reports and Publications

1.
Asad Sayeed, Income Patterns of Woman Workers in Pakistan: A Case Study of the Urban Manufacturing Sector. The Lahore Journal of Economics. Vol 8, No.1. 2003.
2.
Asad Sayeed, Pakistan's External Debt Burden: Causes, Complexities and Remedies. Research Report No. 45. Social Policy and Development Centre, Karachi. 2003.
3.
Asad Sayeed, Sub-Contracting: The Push and Pull Dynamics. in ed. R. Balakrishnan, The Hidden Assembly Line: Gender Dynamics of Sub-Contracted Work in the Global Economy. Kumarian Press, Bloomfield, Connecticut. 2002.
4.
Asad Sayeed, Should There Be a Minimum Wage in Pakistan? The NIPA Journal. Vol 7, No2. 2002.
5.
Asad Sayeed, State-Society Conjunctures and Disjunctures: Alternative Explanations of Pakistan's Manufacturing Performance. in eds. K. Nadvi and S.M. Nasim, The Post-Colonial State and Social Transformation in South Asia: Essays in Honour of Hamza Alavi. Oxford University Press, Karachi. 2002.
6.
Asad Sayeed, Household Characteristics, Poverty and Indebtedness Among Woman Workers In Urban Pakistan. NIPA Journal. Vol 7, Number 4. 2002.
7.
Asad Sayeed, Structural Adjustment and its Impact on Women. Pakistan Perspectives. Vol 7, No.2.
8.
Asad Sayeed, Structural Adjustment and Poverty in Pakistan: Is there a Causality? NGORC Journal. Vol 1, No. 2. 2001.
9.
Asad Sayeed and Saba Gul Khattak, Sub-Contracted Women Workers in the Global Economy: The Case of Pakistan. SDPI Monograph Series No. 15. 2000.
10.
Asad Sayeed, Growth and Mobilisation of the Middle Classes in West Punjab: 1960-70. in ed. P. Singh, Punjabi Identity in a Global Context.. Oxford University Press, Delhi. 1999.
11.
Asad Sayeed, Labour Market Policies and Institutions: A Framework for Social Dialogue. Study Conducted as part of the Country Employment Policy Report, Pakistan for the ILO, Geneva in 1999 .
12.
Asad Sayeed, External Debt: What are the Options? Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics. Vol XV Nos.1&2. pp.79-85. 1999.
13.
Asad Sayeed, Political Economy of Corruption in Pakistan: Locating Structural Features. in ed. N. Tahir, The Politics and Economics of the Market Economy in Post Cold War Europe: Lessons for South Asia.. University of Karachi Press, Karachi. 1998.