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Policy research, technical papers and sector perspectives from Pillar and Path Consulting and our associate network.

Research and policy analysis for Pakistan's development sector
July 2026  ·  Karim Gabol

Compliance on Paper, Delivery in the Field: What Pakistan's New Wave of Development Finance Actually Requires

The Islamic Development Bank, AIIB, GCF-anchored funds, and Germany's development banks are all moving into Pakistan with serious gender, safeguards and monitoring commitments. The documents are rarely the problem. This piece examines what actually separates a compliant framework from one that works in a specific tehsil in Sibi or an irrigation scheme in the northern areas.

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July 2026  ·  Karim Gabol

Toward a Climate-Resilient Pakistan: Integrating Anticipatory Action Trigger Frameworks for Flash Floods and Heatwaves

A policy research paper examining Pakistan's transition from reactive disaster management toward Anticipatory Action, with a specific focus on trigger frameworks for flash floods in the Kabul River basin and heatwaves in the arid zones of Sindh and Balochistan.

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2026  ·  Karim Gabol

GESI and Safeguards: What Field Delivery Actually Looks Like

A field-focused overview of how Gender Action Plans, Environmental and Social Management Frameworks, and MEL systems are designed and delivered on the ground across Balochistan, Sindh, KP and Punjab — in the languages those provinces actually speak.

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2026  ·  Dr Shah Bibi & Hassan Hadi

Challenges and Strategic Recommendations for Cervical Cancer Screening in Rural Pakistan: A Pathway to SDG-3

An evidence review of the barriers preventing rural Pakistani women from accessing cervical cancer screening, and a set of practical, culturally grounded recommendations addressing the Knowledge-Service Gap that keeps mortality rates among the world's highest.

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