Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
About Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
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Pakistan Institute of Development Economics is a research university and policy institute located in Islamabad, Pakistan. Originally founded in 1957 in Karachi as a centre for economic research, the institution later relocated to Islamabad and was granted degree-awarding status in 2006. This transition expanded its role from a dedicated research organisation and think-tank into a specialist postgraduate university focused on economics, development studies, and public policy.
The university is located in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital city, and operates from its Quaid-e-Azam University campus near the foothills of the Margalla Hills National Park.
Academically, it specialises in postgraduate education, offering programmes in fields such as economics, econometrics, development studies, and public policy. Its research activities address areas including economic growth, public finance, trade and industry, labour markets, governance, poverty reduction, and institutional reform. The university also publishes the Pakistan Development Review, one of the country’s leading academic journals focused on development economics.
Its dual role as both a university and a policy research institution enables students to combine academic study with applied research and public engagement.Ìý
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