the case of Pakistan

Thesis(Doctoral) --KDI School:Ph.D in Development Policy,2017Chapter 1. Overview of Son Preference in Pakistan Chapter 2. Son Preference, Family Size and Educational Outcomes Chapter 3. Evaluation of Lady Health Worker Program (LHWP) in Pakistan Chapter 4. Policy ImplicationsdoctoralpublishedQaisar KHAN

an ARDL approach

Thesis(Master) --KDI School:Master of Development Policy,2016Human capital is considered as one of the most important determinants of economic growth in recent years due to rapid technological change, globalization and economic liberalization. These rapid changes have prompted the Government of Pakistan like other developing countries, to prioritize skills development as a key strategy for economic growth. This study explores the long run relationship between technical and vocational education and economic growth in Pakistan by using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) framework. The estimated coefficient shows that technical and vocational education has a positive and significant impact on economic growth in the long run and can play big role in boosting economy by creating skilled and demand driven individuals in labor market. I also suggested that the government should invest more on technical and vocational education to produce strong human base that can further strengthen labor market with productive workforce and can change the status of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Literature Review Chapter 3 Methodology and Data Sources Chapter 4 ConclusionmasterpublishedQaisar KHAN

Association of Maternal Hypertension with Intrauterine Growth Retardation

To find out the association of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) with maternal hypertension.Methods: In this case control study 124 cases and 249 controls (thus giving the case to control ratio of 1:2.) were enrolled. All were born full term and delivered in obstetrics department . After taking verbal consent for the study the mothers were interviewed for the presence or absence of hypertension during pregnancy and their antenatal records checked (if available). To rule out the confounders, a study proforma was used to record maternal hypertension, maternal height, weight, BMI, age, anemia, socioeconomic status, preeclampsia, eclampsia, number of children, age of last born, gender, mode and date of delivery. Cases and controls were identified and assigned an identification number. All the study cases were seen by the pediatrician on the first day of life, weighed properly, their length and head circumference noted and plotted on centile charts in accordance with their gender to note the presence or absence of intra uterine growth restriction (IUGR). A p-value of 0.05 or less was used to see the significance of the association.Results: Mothers of small for gestational age (SGA) babies were more than two times likely to have hypertension. Both low maternal BMI and Anemia in mother were significantly associated with IUGR in both univariate and multivariate analysis. Socioeconomic condition was also showing significant association with IUGR. Other factors like gravidity, maternal age, parity were not showing any association with IUGR.Conclusion: Maternal anemia and low BMI are showing strong association with IUGR while maternal hypertension is not showing a strong associatio

Academic performance in adolescent students: The role of parenting styles and socio-demographic factors – a cross sectional study from Peshawar, Pakistan

Academic performance is among the several components of academic success. Many factors, including socioeconomic status, student temperament and motivation, peer, and parental support influence academic performance. Our study aims to investigate the determinants of academic performance with emphasis on the role of parental styles in adolescent students in Peshawar, Pakistan. A total of 456 students from 4 public and 4 private schools were interviewed. Academic performance was assessed based on self-reported grades in the latest internal examinations. Parenting styles were assessed through the administration of the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI). Regression analysis was conducted to assess the influence of socio-demographic factors and parenting styles on academic performance. Factors associated with and differences between care and overprotection scores of fathers and mothers were analyzed. Higher socio-economic status, father\u27s education level, and higher care scores were independently associated with better academic performance in adolescent students. Affectionless control was the most common parenting style for fathers and mothers. When adapted by the father, it was also the only parenting style independently improving academic performance. Overall, mean care scores were higher for mothers and mean overprotection scores were higher for fathers. Parenting workshops and school activities emphasizing the involvement of mothers and fathers in the parenting of adolescent students might have a positive influence on their academic performance. Affectionless control may be associated with improved academics but the emotional and psychosocial effects of this style of parenting need to be investigated before recommendations are made

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Impact of Terrorism on Stock Market: A Case of South Asian Stock Markets

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of terrorism on stock markets of South Asia namely, Karachi Stock Exchange 100 index (Pakistan), Bombay Stock Exchange (India), Colombo Stock Exchange (Sri Lanka) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (Bangladesh). Monthly panel data has been used for the period of January 2000 to December 2016. Terrorism events happened during the period of 2000 to 2016 have been incorporated to examine the impact of terrorism on stock market returns of South Asia. DCC GARCH through R software is used to analyze the impact of terrorism on stock market returns and to analyze the spillover effect of terrorism in one country and on the stock markets of other countries of South Asia. The results indicate that terrorism has significant and negative effect on stock market returns of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh but insignificant in Sri Lanka. Results also shows that stock markets return of Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh are significant and positively correlated with each other except the Stock market of Sri Lanka

Corporate Governance and Environmental Reporting in Pakistan

The focus of the present study is to investigate the association between environmental reporting and corporate governance traits in Pakistan. The prior studies related to the association between environmental disclosure and corporate governance characteristics show fickle findings. This study fills the gap by using cross sectional data of 100 randomly selected firms registered at Karachi Stock Exchange for the year 2015. The results of the present research showed a positive association between the level of environmental disclosure and fraction of independent directors on the board. Negative relationship was found between environmental disclosure and institutional investors. The result shows a positive association between the level of environmental reporting and board size. It confirms a positive association. The analysis revealed a lack of association between level of environmental reporting and fraction of female directors on a board. In case of control variables, positive relationship was found between firms’ profitability and level of environmental disclosure, whereas, no correlation was found between firm size and the level of environmental reporting. Moreover, the results of incremental regression indicate that ownership concentration is the most important independent variable among all the independent variables in the model

Inventory Management and Its Effects on Customer Satisfaction

This study examines how inventory management puts positive impact on customer satisfaction and how easily we can check the performance. It also helps retailers to put their inventories in proper order which tells them about demand and supply of their inventories. Proper inventory management system reduces the risk of short of inventories which reduce the cost of lost customers. The objective of the study is to minimize the risk of dissatisfaction of customers and found how to sustain customer satisfaction with the help of proper inventories system. This paper also outlines significant relationship between Customer needs, Quality with variable of prime interest. Poor association has been found between performance and customer satisfaction