RESEARCH PROFILE:

Dr. Aadil Nakhoda

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, IBA
Email: anakhoda@iba.edu.pk

Dr. Aadil Nakhoda is an accomplished expert in international trade. He brings over a decade of experience in teaching, researching, and consulting to the table. His extensive contributions to the field include authoring research articles featured in renowned international and local journals, as well as UNCTAD, United Nations ESCAP and PIDE publications. Dr. Nakhoda's influence transcends academia with regular appearances in newspapers and podcasts discussing critical trade-related issues. His instrumental role in developing the Business Confidence Index in partnership with the State Bank of Pakistan and IBA, Karachi is noteworthy. He received the Zahid Hussain Memorial Fellowship in 2013. He is also a member of the Economic Advisory Group. He continues to shape future leaders through his expertise as a faculty member at IBA, Karachi since 2014. He received his PhD in International Economics from UC Santa Cruz.

SELECTED RESEARCH ARTICLES

1. Iqbal, F., & Nakhoda, A. (2024). Determinants of international certification among manufacturing firms in Pakistan. Lahore Journal of Business.

2. Nakhoda, A. (2024). Do export subsidies dampen export unit values across markets? A case study on Pakistan. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 1-31.

3. Iqbal, F., & Nakhoda, A. (2024). Determinants of Management Practices among Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan. The Pakistan Development Review, 63(1), 45-64.

4. Pirzada, A., Nakhoda, A., Mohammad, S., & Javaid, S. (2024). Pakistan and the rest: A tale of dismal productivity growth, misallocation, and missing transformation. School of Economics, University of Bristol.

5. Nakhoda, A. 2023. Pakistan and EU Trade Potential: The Bottlenecks and Roadmap for Reforms. Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom – Pakistan, Islamabad.

6. Maaz, J., Nakhoda, A., & Ahmed, V., 2022. Micro, small, and medium enterprises amid crisis times: lessons from pandemic experience in Pakistan, Research Report, April, International Development Research Centre and Sustainable Development Policy Institute. Islamabad.