

Ali Hasanain
Associate Professor of Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Ali Hasanain is an associate professor of economics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, and an executive council member of the Economic Advisory Group, Pakistan. Hasanain was a 2014-16 Oxford-Princeton Global Leaders Fellow, and completed his PhD at George Mason University in 2010. He studies how reform initiatives can improve public service delivery and market outcomes, particularly through leveraging new technologies. He is also a frequent contributor to Pakistan’s economic reforms debate in national and international media.
Recent work by Ali Hasanain
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Udder success: Empowering farmers through information on veterinarian quality
An information clearinghouse provided accurate information to rural farmers in Pakistan, reducing information asymmetries and increasing veterinarian effort
Published 14.07.23
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Public sector absenteeism, politics and patronage in Pakistan
Politics and patronage exacerbate public sector absenteeism, limiting the efficacy of reform measures
Published 12.06.23
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The problem of public sector absenteeism
Smartphone monitoring streamlined information flows and improved inspection rates at public clinics across Punjab
Published 20.10.17