Mohsin Gulzar s/o Gulzar Hussain

mohsingulzar31@gmail.com
Contact #: +92 34 7629 7691
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohsin-gulzar/
Address: House# 2, Mohammadi Street, Chatha Bakhtawar, Park Road, Islamabad.

Research Projects/Reports:
● Performance Monitoring of USAID’s Development Objective (DO) 5 (MCH Program) Activities:
Performance Management Support Contract (PERFORM)
Supporting team as Research/Data Analyst during performance monitoring across Pakistan
● Performance Monitoring of Pakistan Electoral and Democratic Support (PEDS) Project
Performance Management Support Contract (PERFORM)
Supporting team as Research/Data Analyst during activities monitoring across Pakistan
● Gender Analysis for USAID’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS):
Performance Management Support Contract (PERFORM)
Supported team as Field Researcher during data collection, analysis, and debrief session
● Evaluation of USAID-DELIVER Project: Performance Management Support Contract
(PERFORM)
Supported team as Researcher/Data Analyst during data collection, analysis, and debrief session
● Evaluation of Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Program: Performance Management
Support Contract (PERFORM)
Supported team as Data Analyst for quantitative analysis and debrief session
● Evaluation of Baluchistan Agricultural Project (BAP): Performance Management Support
Contract (PERFORM)
Supported team as Researcher/Data Analyst during data collection, analysis, and debrief session
● Evaluation of Family Planning and Reproductive Health (FP/RH) Project: Performance
Management Support Contract (PERFORM)
Supported team as Researcher/Data Analyst during data collection, analysis, and debrief session
● Evaluation of Gender Equity Program (GEP) in Pakistan: Performance Management Support
Contract (PERFORM)
Supported team as Researcher/Data Analyst during data collection, analysis, and debrief session
● Mobile Money Financial Services for Poor (FSP) Multi-Country Study: Financial Insights
Inclusion (FII) Program by InterMedia Survey Institute
Worked as Monitoring and Data Quality Control Consultant during Survey in Punjab
● Agent Network Accelerator (ANA) Survey in Pakistan: Digital Finance Project by MicroSave and
Helix Institute of Digital Finance
Worked as Monitoring and Data Quality Control Consultant during Survey in Punjab
● Status of Women in Humanitarian and Development Context: Status Book for UNWOMEN
Worked as team member on women status in labor markets e.g. employment and earnings
● Tax Policy and Enterprises Development in South Asia: IDRC Project
Supported and presented Pakistan study report among South Asian Countries
● Reforms in Punjab Urban Immovable Property Tax (UIPT): IFPRI Project
Managed the project, designed and conducted KIIs & FGDs, submitted midterm report
● Governance Empirics for Policy Reforms in Education Governance in Punjab: Ilam Ideas Project
Supported team in budgetary allocation analysis and empirics on teacher absenteeism
● End Project Evaluation of “Home based women workers (HBWW)” across Pakistan: Project of
International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)
Completed end evaluation as Consultant using primary data, submitted the analysis report
Education Background:
● M.Phil. Economics Session: 2013-2016
From Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad
Dissertation Title: “Dynamics of Occupational Labor Markets (OLMs) Polarization: Evidence
from Pakistan.”
● M.Sc. Economics Session: 2010-2012
From Economics Department, University of Gujrat (UOG), Gujrat
Dissertation Title: “Relationship between Criminal Behavior and Economic Activities: A Time
Series Approach.”
Professional Experience:
● Researcher/Data Analyst May 2016 - Present
PERFORM Contract, Management System International (MSI), Islamabad.
- Participate in Team Planning Workshop (TPW) to understand purpose of evaluation
- Assist assignment manager in developing updated post team planning AWP and LFA
- Reviewing relevant documents and participating in discussions with the team to understand the scope
and objectives of the evaluation.
- Assist during the TPW to develop data collection instruments, and data collection and analysis plans
- Participating in field visits and data collection, ensuring the quality of data collection, and recording and
reporting according to MSI and USAID standards.
- Take high quality notes and leading interviews during the group discussions.
- Collaborating with the other research specialists and the evaluation team leader to prepare summary
notes from interviews.
- Participate in data analysis and de-brief sessions with the evaluation team.
- Undertake other relevant tasks required for the successful completion of the assignment as assigned by
the team leader.
● Research Assistant Nov 2015 - May 2016
Centre of Gender and Policy Studies (CGaPS), Islamabad.
● Research Associate Jan 2015 - Oct 2015
Governance Institutes Network International (GINI), Islamabad.
● Researcher (Intern) Feb 2012 - Sep 2012
Economics Department, University of Gujrat, Gujrat.
● Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator Sep 2010 - Apr 2011
Benazir Income Support Program-National Rural Support Program, Kharian.
Publications/Research:
● Crime and Economy: Relationship between Crime and Economics in Pakistan
(Gulzar, Mohsin. (2013). “Crime and Economy.” J. Asian Dev. Stud, Vol. 2, Issue 1)
● Dynamics of Occupation Labor Markets (OLMs) Polarization: Evidence from Pakistan
(Working Paper on Labor Market Dynamics submitted in PDR)
● Failure of Public Sector Enterprises. Study of SAARC countries: Panel Data Analysis
(Gulzar, Mohsin. (2013). “Failure of Public Sector Enterprises.” J. Glob. & Sci. Issues, Vol 1, Issue 2)
● Infrastructural Development and Economic Growth: Case Study of Pakistan
Presentation at International Conference of Management and Economics, Sahiwal.
● Performance of Economic Indicators in Different Political Regimes of Pakistan
(Working paper on Institutional Economics)
Professional Development/Trainings:
● Result Based Project Management: Monitoring and Evaluation
By Kieron Crawley, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (edx course)
● Monitoring & Evaluation Techniques and Skills during Field Survey
By National Rural Support Program - Benazir Income Support Program, at Kharian
● Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys
By Frederick Conrad, Frauke Kreuter at University of Michigan (Coursera)
● Exploratory Data Analysis,
By Roger D. Peng, Jeffery Leek and Brian Caffo, at Johns Hopkins University (Coursera)
● Data Analysis and Statistical Inferences
By Dr.Mine C.Rundal, at Duke University (Coursera)
● Regression Models
By Brian Caffo and Jeffery leek, at Bloomberg school of public health (Coursera)
● Getting and Cleaning Data
By Jeffery Leek, at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School for public health (Coursera)
● Training of Trainers (TOT)
By National Rural Support Program - Benazir Income Support Program, at Kharian
● Thesis Writing, Literature Review and End Note Workshop.
By Dr. Asad Zaman, at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad
● Emerging Discourses in Development Studies: Pakistan and Asia
By Dr. Feriyal A. Aslam, at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.
Informal Writings/Blogs:
● The Irrational Mercenary: Pakistan war against Terrorism
● Human Disability or Human Diversity: Inclusive Education and Social System
● Developing, Developed and Development: The confused D’s
● Forget the Push, Accelerate Yourself
Statistical Software:
● MAXQDA ● E-Views
● STATA ● MS Office (Word, Power Point,
● SPSS Excel, IN page)

References:
Dr. Shujaat Farooq Mohsin Surani Nazir
Director Monitoring & Evaluation Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), PERFORM, Management System
Islamabad. International (MSI), Islamabad.
shujaat@pide.org.pk msnazir@msi-pak.com

Dr. Yasmin Zaidi

Director/Gender Expert
Center of Gender and Policy Studies
(CGaPS), Islamabad.
yzaidi55@gmai.com