SDPI

WHO WE ARE

SDPI was founded in August 1992 on the recommendation of the Pakistan National Conservation Strategy (NCS), also called Pakistan’s Agenda 21. The NCS placed Pakistan’s socio-economic development within the context of a national environmental plan. ....
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PUBLICATIONS

Our publications, including policy briefs, working papers and articles, provide knowledge and information on diverse areas of research from economy to climate change, social development to resilient development and gender to transgender issues. The objective behind this evidence-based research publications is to deepen an understanding of local and regional challenges. Through these publications, SDPI offers policy makers innovative solutions to inform decision-making.

CONFERENCES

The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) has been organising a series of Sustainable Development Conferences (SDCs) since 1995. The SDC is a flagship event of the Institute that not only provides a forum for SDPI’s own research but also invites other researchers, practitioners, policy makers and academia from the region to share their work and engage in a dialogue with fellow panellists and audience. This annual event has been established as a prime Conference in..
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RESEARCH THEMES

ENVIRONMENT

Environmental sustainability and building resilience to climate change is a major area of focus at SDPI. In fact, SDPI is one of the few organizations in the region that started working..

ENERGY

SDPI’s Energy Unit is pioneering efforts to support the clean energy transition in Pakistan through cutting edge research, advocacy, evidence-based policy support, and stakeholders’ engagement...

GOVERNANCE

While "government" refers to planning, decision-making by the state and its institutions, the notion of “governance” at SDPI takes a societal look..

GENDER

FOOD SECURITY

Food Security

INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH

Economy is one of the key pillars of sustainable development and SDPI continues to contribute towards inclusive economic growth and national economic policies and practices through its ....

INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION

Information and Communication

MONITORING AND EVALUATION

PEACE AND CONFLICT / HUMAN SECURITY

Peace is considered a pre-requisite for sustainable development. SDPI considers it important to analyze different prevalent conflicts and study their impact on markets, livelihood and education, and ....

POLICY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

RESEARCH ON RESEARCH CULTURE

Besides policy research work, SDPI is also engaged in promoting research culture and investing in organizational capacity building in order to strengthen research contributions in Pakistan. In this ...

RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Resilient Development Programme (RDP) aims to look at resilient development through the lens of people’s centric governance of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Urban ....

SOCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

SDPI believes in inclusive development and improvement in the standard of living of masses. In this regard, it analyses and studies the role of different actors and factors that can influence the....

SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS

Reducing vulnerabilities and enhancing resilience is a must for sustainable livelihoods. SDPI has been conducting empirical research not only to come up with recommendations to strengthen livelihood...

GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY

SDPI's Program on Ecological Sustainability and Circular Economy (PESACE) is dedicated to advancing sustainable development by carrying out extensive cutting-edge research, facilitating ....

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