Abbas Moosvi
Research Fellow at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad- Claim this Profile
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Urdu Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials
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Fundraising and Development Foundations
University of California, DavisApr, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Content Marketing Foundations
LinkedInFeb, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Learning Video Production and Editing
LinkedInFeb, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Project Management
UC IrvineJul, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
Google Digital GarageJun, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
SQL for Data Science
University of California, DavisJun, 2020- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad
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Pakistan
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Fellow
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Aug 2021 - Present
https://pide.org.pk/research-author/abbas-moosvi/ https://pide.org.pk/research-author/abbas-moosvi/
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The Express Tribune
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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Columnist
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Dec 2021 - Present
https://tribune.com.pk/author/11883/abbas-moosvi https://tribune.com.pk/author/11883/abbas-moosvi
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Lahore University of Management Sciences
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Pakistan
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant - Political Science
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Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
• Assisted Dr. Noaman Ghazanfar Ali (PhD, University of Toronto) on a project investigating the political economy of migration between Pakistan and the GCC – studying labor law, remittance flows, occupational distributions, FDI/FPI trends, commodity trade, and development assistance • Established linkages between empirical data and the emerging theoretical framework on ‘Unequal Exchange’ on several fronts, including but not limited to rent, ecology, exchange rate disparity, geopolitical monopoly, and wage differentials Show less
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Alight Pakistan
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Pakistan
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate - Development and Engagement
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Feb 2021 - Jul 2021
Lead Strategy and Communications executive for the Education Above All Foundation’s Educate a Child (EAC) project – involving the enrolment of over 1M out-of-school-children in Pakistan, the largest initiative of its kind in the country’s history • Business Development: significantly expanded Alight’s network of partners by reaching out to parallel organizations, orchestrating network of key stakeholders, and developing collaborative agreements for joint projects • Fundraising and Grant-writing: proposal writing, report writing, and project design; generating content for flyers, profiles, and brochures; collaborating with international development institutions including USAID, BPRM, and UNHCR • Content Generation and Digital Marketing: produced high-quality visual and audio content and managed all internet media – including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn – generating 900% growth in online engagement through developing content campaigns • Special Events Planning and Management: managed the financial/logistical planning of in-house capacity boosting events, such as dinners, sporting competitions, learning sessions, international day celebrations, etc. including their media coverage Show less
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Reenergia
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Pakistan
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate - Research and Business Development
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Nov 2020 - Jan 2021
Lead researcher, editor, and coordinator of the International Trade Center’s Ready for Trade, Central Asia (R4TCA) project • Developed and consolidated a total of ten Structure of Trade Reports outlining the import/export process of key commodities among Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to identify bottlenecks in the form of financial constraints, transportation difficulties, time-consuming quality standard checks, and stringent customs procedures faced by enterprises operating in these markets • Conducted extensive data analysis and primary/secondary research to enhance the design, framework, aesthetics, linguistic clarity, and overall comprehensibility of the reports and concluded them for inclusion in the final report of the project Show less
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Research Assistant - Political Science
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Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
Assisted Dr. Shimail Reza (PhD - Harvard) on a project investigating ways to enhance voter power and democratic participation more generally; analyzed constitutional law, going over the legal frameworks of countries including the UK, Canada, Australia, Sweden, among others–as well as international organizations such as the European Union–to assess the extent of built-in flexibility vis-a-vis conditional provisions for changes in power relations among various public institutions and organs of government. Show less
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Teaching Assistant - Political Science
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Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
Assisted Dr. Rasul Bakhsh Rais (PhD - UC Santa Barbara) with logistical work for two of his courses - Political Islam and International Relations. Designed course outline and compiled course-pack, prepared and invigilated mid-term and final examinations with instructor, maintained spreadsheets to keep records of the various components of the course and track class performance, and tutored a total of 44 students on reading material and facilitated their research projects by connecting them to relevant contacts. Show less
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foodpanda
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Singapore
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Internet Marketplace Platforms
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern - Delivery and Logistics
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Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
Worked with performance-analysis team, under HOD, harnessing data science using programs such as Tableau, Excel, and Hurrier (for purposes of zone mapping) to assess organizational efficiency; monitored fleet of 1500 riders across the nation on a daily basis using key performance indicators to maximize productivity while minimizing costs; performed data analytics and presented performance related trends to regional heads of McDonald's and Domino's, culminating in the addition of 16 new vendors - 8 of each. Show less
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Director - Design and Publicity
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Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
Led 15-member team handling event promotions around campus through logistics, digital marketing (Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram), and the designing and setting up of posters and flexes. Also contributed to content creation, writing descriptive pieces that were featured on the LUMS semesterly newsletter. Led 15-member team handling event promotions around campus through logistics, digital marketing (Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram), and the designing and setting up of posters and flexes. Also contributed to content creation, writing descriptive pieces that were featured on the LUMS semesterly newsletter.
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Education
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Lahore University of Management Sciences
Bachelor's of Science (Honours), Political Science - with a minor in Sociology and Anthropology -
The City School
O/A Levels