Industry Collaboration with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, 2022. The collaboration resulted in the production of the following reports.
- The Share of the Culture Sector in Abu Dhabi’s GDP: Introductory Report (link)
- Private Expenditure on Culture in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi: Introductory Report (link)
- Exports and Imports of Cultural Goods in Abu Dhabi: Introductory Report (link)
Consultant, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), UAE.
- Consulted and proposed multiple projects.
Consultant, World Bank, Pakistan, 2018.
Project title: “Pakistan @ 100: Nurturing people, policies and institutions for economic development in Pakistan” (the final report can be found here; a working paper version of the report is here)
- Analyzed the current state of the quality of Governance in Pakistan.
- Drafted a background paper on “Reaping the Governance Dividend—how improving policies, institutions, and skills could accelerate structural transformation in Pakistan“.
- Benchmarked the quality of governance in Pakistan in terms of bureaucratic quality, devolution, and institutional quality.
- Drafted detailed policies on how to improve the quality of governance in Pakistan in order for Pakistan to achieve a high-income country status by 2047.
Consultant, World Bank, Malaysia, 2017.
Project title: “The impact of infrastructure on productivity – Malaysia productivity study” (the final report can be found here)
- Analyzed the impact of regulatory burden of Government policies on operations of businesses.
- Drafted a background paper on how Malaysian public investment in different types of infrastructure help boosts its productivity.
- Benchmarked infrastructure quality of Malaysia in ports, airports, railways and roads against other economies of the region.
- Benchmarked business environment and competitiveness of Malaysian economy
Consultant, PwC, Middle East, 2017.
- Conducted an impact analysis of International Financial Center in an Asian Economy.
- Forecasted financial services metrics.
- Conducted an econometric analysis of how institutional quality can impact the market share of the financial centre.
- Conducted an econometric analysis of the impact of financial centre on economic growth and FDI.
Consultant, PwC, Middle East, 2017.
- Performed a statistical analysis of survey data on what drives volunteering work in a particular GCC country using SPSS and Excel.
- Drafted a report on the factors incentivizing volunteer work and identifying factors that could increase participation in volunteering work.
Usman Khalid, PhD 