Ali Cheema is an Associate Professor of Economics and Politics at LUMS. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS) and a Board Member of the Center of Economic Research in Pakistan. He is co-lead academic of the LSE-Oxford based International Growth Centre’s Pakistan program and was a founding member of the Stockholm Challenge Award winning portal, Relief Information System for Earthquakes, Pakistan (RISEPAK). His areas of research include political economy, trust and governance, the economics of crime and gender. He has published in leading international journals and conferences. A Rhodes Scholar, he holds a BA (Hons.) in Politics and Economics from Oxford and a PhD in Economics from Cambridge.
Ali Cheema is an Associate Professor of Economics and Politics at LUMS. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS) and a Board Member of the Center of Economic Research in Pakistan. He is co-lead academic of the LSE-Oxford based International Growth Centre’s Pakistan program and was a founding member of the Stockholm Challenge Award winning portal, Relief Information System for Earthquakes, Pakistan (RISEPAK). His areas of research include political economy, trust and governance, the economics of crime and gender. He has published in leading international journals and conferences. A Rhodes Scholar, he…