The Commission signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) for further strengthening analysis of policy actions that results in distortions in the economy and combating anticompetitive practices. The MoU was signed by Ms. Rahat Kaunain Hassan, Chairperson and Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director (ED), SDPI in a ceremony held at the Commission’s Head Office and attended by the Commission’s Members Ms. Shaista Bano and Mujtaba Ahmad Lodhi, and senior officers of both sides. The MoU was signed to forge a strategic partnership between the two institutions for sharing of information on matters of mutual benefit relating to their respective mandates. SDPI has been ranked as the number-1 policy research think tank in Pakistan and many of SDPI’s publications and research activities are relevant to the Commission’s work. The Commission is cognizant of the need to identify areas where regulations restrict economic activities and distort competitive forces. Through the vehement collaboration with SDPI, the Commission intends to trace out barriers to market efficiencies and distortionary policy designs. Through this MoU, both institutions will endeavour to make collaborative efforts, co-operating with each other in launching new research on economic priority areas, conducting regulatory impact analyses, policy analyses, policy outreach, and capacity building activities.
The Commission signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) for further strengthening analysis of policy actions that results in distortions in the economy and combating anticompetitive practices.
The MoU was signed by Ms. Rahat Kaunain Hassan, Chairperson and Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director (ED), SDPI in a ceremony held at the Commission’s Head Office and attended by the Commission’s Members Ms. Shaista Bano and Mujtaba Ahmad Lodhi, and senior officers of both sides.
The MoU was signed to forge a strategic partnership between the two institutions for sharing of information on matters of mutual benefit relating to their respective mandates. SDPI has been ranked as the number-1 policy research think tank in Pakistan and many of SDPI’s publications and research activities are relevant to the Commission’s work.
The Commission is cognizant of the need to identify areas where regulations restrict economic activities and distort competitive forces. Through the vehement collaboration with SDPI, the Commission intends to trace out barriers to market efficiencies and distortionary policy designs.
Through this MoU, both institutions will endeavour to make collaborative efforts, co-operating with each other in launching new research on economic priority areas, conducting regulatory impact analyses, policy analyses, policy outreach, and capacity building activities.
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