Executive Director

Syed Hasanat Shah


Trade, FDI, Digitalization

Dr. Syed Hasanat Shah holds a PhD in World Economy from Jilin University, China, and specializes in international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI), regional connectivity, and digitalization.

Pakistan
China
21 Years of Experience
RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Trade & Investment

Regional Connectivity

Digital Economy

BRI - CPEC

Economic Policy

Economic Development

52+

Publications

5200+

Citations

18+

Policy Reports

12+

International Projects

20+

Years

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

Research Papers
Jan 2026

Financial misappropriation is a significant challenge to China’s innovation-driven growth model. This paper investigates the impact of regional-level financial misappropriation on innovation efficiency across 30 provinces and administrative…

Research Papers
Apr 2024

This study attempts to quantify various macroeconomic variables’ influences on environmental quality. Being significantly negative in character, the impacts of economic growth (EG), energy consumption (EC) levels, financial development (FD) tools…

Research Papers
Nov 2020

China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) increased trade between China and Pakistan, however, it also swelled Pakistan trade deficit with China. The empirical findings of this paper suggest that CPFTA positively contribute to Pakistan…

Research Papers
Aug 2019

This article investigates the impact of institutional difference and natural resource endowment in developing host countries on the location choice of Chinese OFDI. We found that institutional difference between China and host countries…

Research Papers
Jun 2019

This article investigates the interactive effect of institutional quality and natural resources (divided into fuel and nonfuel resources) on the flows of Chinese outbound foreign direct investment (OFDI) in host countries in Asia and Africa…

CONTACT & RESEARCH LINKS

PIDE, QAU Campus, Islamabad

PUBLICATIONS

Op-eds
Jul 2026

The recent confrontation involving Iran, Israel, and the United States has highlighted the vulnerability of global energy supply chains and trade routes…

Op-eds
Apr 2026

While there are hundreds of straits, only a few of them are real chokepoints due to their size or strategic importance for global trade and military movement…

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Op-eds
Jul 2026

The recent confrontation involving Iran, Israel, and the United States has highlighted the vulnerability of global energy supply chains and trade routes…

Op-eds
Apr 2026

While there are hundreds of straits, only a few of them are real chokepoints due to their size or strategic importance for global trade and military movement…

ACADEMIC JOURNEY

PhD – World Economy
School of Economics Jilin University
2011

M.Phil – International Economics
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
2006

M.A.S – Economics
A.E.R.C. Karachi University
2003

M.A – Economics
University of Peshawar
2001