This project is a diagnostic and policy research assignment assessing Pakistan’s trade and logistics ecosystem. It combines desk research, stakeholder consultations, and international benchmarking to identify constraints in infrastructure, services, trade facilitation, and governance, informing a policy-based reform program to enhance export competitiveness, efficiency, and supply chain resilience. 

The Iraq Development Road Project (IDRP) scoping and intersectionality study aligned Iraq’s National Development Plan (NDP) with transport, trade, urban, and spatial planning priorities. It examined corridor design, multimodality, ports, borders, urban systems, decarbonization, and poverty/jobs linkages, using research, global case studies, and policy analysis. The project was a strategic research and policy advisory exercise to guide integrated corridor and urban development. 

The Laos Obstacles to Trade for SMEs Study (2025), led by ITC with Lao MoIC, analyzed regulatory, infrastructural, and financial bottlenecks to SME cross-border trade with China and Thailand, focusing on the Laos–China Railway. Using desk research, stakeholder consultations, FGDs, and field missions, it produced a diagnostic and actionable recommendations.  

The Food Security and Trade Facilitation Project (NENA, 2024), implemented by ITC and FAO, examined regulatory and procedural obstacles in three agricultural trade flows: Jordan–Saudi livestock, Egypt–UAE fruits/vegetables, and UAE–Oman cereals. Through stakeholder mapping, questionnaires, FGDs, and technical reports, it was a research and stakeholder consultation project aimed at enhancing regional trade, SME competitiveness, and food security. 

The HAS–USIP Regional Dialogue on Trade and Connectivity with Afghanistan (Dubai, Dec 2024) combined conference deliberations and a discussion paper. It tackled key subjects of regional trade, transit, infrastructure, and economic integration, while addressing governance, sanctions, private sector participation, humanitarian linkages, and gender inclusion. The project was essentially a policy research and multi-stakeholder consultation exercise. 

Analyzing the decades-long decline of Pakistan Railways (PR), exploring its governance, financial challenges, and missed opportunities amid rising road infrastructure. The research developed insights into PR’s structural issues, international comparisons, and recommendations for reform to revive it as a sustainable transport system.