SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES
Faculty Faisal Abbas

Faisal Abbas

HOD Department of Economics
Summary

Faisal Abbas is an ‘Experienced Research Fellow’, at the economics department Gottingen University, Germany. In the year 2015-16, he was visiting Assistant Professor at Cornell University, USA.

Academic Background
PhD (Development Economics) Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn October 17, 2005 - December 22, 2010
Honours and Awards
Fulbright Fellowship I received Fulbright Research Fellowship for one year (Dec 2015 to Dec 2016) for research at Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Managment, Cornell University, USA. June 19, 2015
DAAD PhD Fellowship I am awarded the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship for PhD studies in University of Bonn, Germany. January 05, 2005
Carlo Schmidt Fellowship This is a fellowship that i received durin my PhD studies for work with World Health Organization (WHO) Head Quarters at Geneva, Switzerland. March 11, 2009
Alexander Von Humboldt I received this prestigious fellowship to work at Department of Economics, George August University, Goettingen, Germany for 18 months (Feb 2017 to Jul 2018). June 25, 2015
Publications
Financing for Food Security: Climate Change Impacts and the Relocation of Agricultural Production March 04, 2026 Time to Pivot: Financing for Development in a New Era - Chapter 5, Pages 55
New insights into the measurement of household well-being for vulnerable economies: Evidence from Pakistan's labor and diet data September 01, 2025 Global Food Security - Volume:46, Article Number 100876
Digital Financial Inclusion of Women in Pakistan: Evidence from Global Findex Database October 15, 2024 The Economics of Financial Inclusion - 1st Edition, Chatper:03, Pages:16
Migration Governance in Pakistan: Institutional Challenges and Data Gaps October 16, 2023 International Migration Review - Pages 1-13
Women’s Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence in Sindh, Pakistan: An Analysis of Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey September 14, 2023 Journal of Family Issues - Pages 1-23
Barriers to the adoption of social welfare measures in the electricity tariff structure of developing countries: A case of Pakistan August 01, 2023 Energy Policy - Volume 179, Article Number 113648
Leaving studies because of lack of interest: an analysis of the risk factors of school dropouts in Pakistan July 06, 2022 Quality and Quantity - Pages 1-26
Analyzing the Impact of Government Social Spending, Population Growth and Foreign Remittances on Human Development in Pakistan: Implications for Policy June 01, 2022 European Journal of Development Research - Volume 34, Pages 1607-1626
A Multilevel Analysis of Factors Associated With Stunting in Children Less Than 2 years Using Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2017–18 of Punjab, Pakistan May 12, 2022 Sage Open - Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 1-12
Did the restructuring of the electricity generation sector increase social welfare in Pakistan? April 01, 2022 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews - Volume 157, Article Number 112017
Association of breast feeding and birth interval with child mortality in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study using nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey data January 11, 2022 BMJ Open - Volume 12, Issue 1, Article Number e053196
Factors associated with prevalence of diarrhea among children under five years of age in Pakistan January 01, 2022 Children and Youth Services Review - Volume 132, Article Number: 106303
Impact of children born with low birth weight on stunting and wasting in Sindh province of Pakistan: a propensity score matching approach October 07, 2021 Scientific Reports - Volume 11, Article Number: 19932
Do Remittances Reduce Women’s Acceptance of Domestic Violence? Evidence from Pakistan February 01, 2021 World Development - Volume 138, Article Number 105149
Food Insecurity and Childcare: Development challenges and Prospects July 24, 2020 Book on Perspectives on Contemporary Pakistan: Governance, Development and Environment - 1st Edition, Chapter 8, Pages 125-147
Development and women: an analysis of spousal violence against women in Pakistan July 24, 2020 Book on Perspectives on Contemporary Pakistan: Governance, Development and Environment - 1st Edition , Chapter 7, Pages 106-124
Why under five children are stunted in Pakistan? A multilevel analysis of Punjab Multiple indicator Cluster Survey (MICS2014) June 17, 2020 BMC Public Health - Volume 20, Article Number: 952
Malnutrition needs prioritization and Public resources April 25, 2020 The Lancet - Volume 395, Issue 10233, Pages 1342-1343
Women's choice of delivery site and the surge in private facility-based deliveries in Pakistan: A 28-year trend analysis March 04, 2020 Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - Volume 23, Article Number 100484
Human versus Physical capital: issues of accumulation, interaction and endogeneity November 01, 2019 Economic Change and Restructuring - Volume 52(4), Pages 351-382
Correlates of C-section in Punjab: a disaggregated analysis at the level of rural-urban residential status and place of delivery October 01, 2019 Women and Health - Volume 59 (9), Pages 997-1014
Prevalence and factors associated with underweight children: a population-based subnational analysis from Pakistan July 30, 2019 BMJ Open - Volume 9(7), Article Number e028972
Welfare Implications of Alternative Policy Options: Analysis of Wheat Market in Pakistan December 28, 2018 Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics - Special Issue 2018, Pages 1-25
Poverty as functioning deprivation: Global Estimates December 01, 2018 Social Indicators Research - Volume 140, Pages 1077-1108
Prevalence and determinants of cesarean delivery in Punjab, Pakistan November 15, 2018 Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - Volume 24(11), Pages 1058-1069
What is causing high polio vaccine drop out among Pakistani children? November 01, 2018 Public Health - Volume 164, Pages 16-25
What determines health status of Population in Pakistan? August 01, 2018 Social Indicators Research - Volume 139, Pages 1-23
Does trade liberalization improve trade balance in Pakistan? September 01, 2017 South Asia Economic Journal - Volume 18(2), Pages 158-183
Correlates of home and hospital based delivery in Pakistan August 15, 2017 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association - Volume 67(8), Pages 1166-1172
Reasons for delay in Hydropower projects in Pakistan June 01, 2017 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews - Volume 73(C), Pages 196-204
What determines remittances flow to Pakistan? Role of macroeconomic, political, democratic and financial factors May 01, 2017 Journal of Policy Modeling - Volume 39(3), Pages 519-531
The dynamics of electricity demand in Pakistan: A panel cointegration analysis. November 01, 2016 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews - Volume 65, Pages 1159-1178
Patient’s perceptions about the service quality of public hospitals located at District Kohat January 01, 2016 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association - Volume 66(1), Pages 72-75
Does foreign direct investment impede environmental quality in high, middle and low-income countries? September 01, 2015 Energy Economics - Volume 51, Pages 275-287
Linking financial development, energy consumption and economic growth in Pakistan April 01, 2015 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews - Volume 44, Pages 211-220
Managing Dengue outbreak in Lahore, Pakistan: Efficacy of government response and lessons for future December 01, 2014 Journal of Health Management - Volume 16(4), Pages 471-480
What determinants Public health expenditures in Pakistan? Role of income, unemployment and urbanization November 01, 2013 Economic Change and Restructuring - Volume 46, Pages 341-362
Electricity consumption economic growth Nexus: An aggregated and disaggregated causality analysis in India and Pakistan July 01, 2013 Journal of Policy Modeling - Volume 35(4), Pages 538-553
Pakistan: why the reforms need work October 28, 2010 Nature - Volume 467, Issue 7319, Pages 1047
Conferences
Labor Market Factors and Household Food Insecurity in Pakistan – A Missing Connection May 06, 2025 - May 07, 2025 Robina Kouser, Faisal Abbas, Verda Salman, 5th International Conference on Business, Management and Social Sciences (ICBMASS-25)
Keynote Speaker: Digital Financial Inclusion in Pakistan November 24, 2024 - November 24, 2024 Wajiha Haq, Faisal Abbas, Economies of Financial Inclusion: Pakistan’s Path to Inclusive Growth
Visiting Research Scientist (Associate Professor) Goettingen University August 01, 2018 - March 31, 2019
Experienced Research Fellow Goettingen University Germany February 07, 2017 - July 31, 2018
Fulbright Visiting Fellow Cornell University December 15, 2015 - December 02, 2016
Asst Prof COMSATS Uni August 27, 2012 - February 06, 2017
Asst Prof South Asian Uni June 01, 2011 - July 01, 2012
Research Fellow Center for Development Research March 01, 2011 - May 31, 2011
CarloSchmit Fellow World Health Organization (WHO) March 16, 2009 - September 11, 2009