Moazzam Malik, Director, West Asia and Stabilisation Division

Director, West Asia and Stabilisation Division at the Department for International Development.

A ‘welfare state’ for Pakistan’s poor?

Moazzam Malik, Director, West Asia and Stabilisation Division, 10 February 2014 - Economic Development, Governance, Pakistan

Every week we hear about Pakistan's appalling poverty indicators, some of the worst in the region. Every week somebody declares an 'emergency'. Every week a politician says we must do better. Every week a disillusioned public refuses to believe it …

A wave of optimism in Pakistan

Moazzam Malik, Director, West Asia and Stabilisation Division, 30 July 2013 - Pakistan

I have been working in and on Pakistan for many years, starting there as an economist in the 1980s. It is perhaps the most exciting and challenging partner country for anyone interested in development. It has it all – conflict …

Education reform in Punjab, Pakistan

Moazzam Malik, Director, West Asia and Stabilisation Division, 25 July 2013 - Education, Pakistan

Pakistan has the highest out of school population in the world. Learning levels are low. Successive governments have not allocated sufficient resources in the right places and have struggled to take many of the tough political decisions required to tackle …

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