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Research Report•October 2025

District Vulnerability Index for Pakistan: Harnessing Multisectoral Data to Inform Equitable Policy and Climate Action

Pakistan

The District Vulnerability Index for Pakistan (DVIP) uses publicly available multisectoral data to measure relative vulnerability across districts and support more equitable policy and climate action. The index combines 21 indicators across six domains—housing, communication and transportation, livelihoods, access to health services, access to public education, and demographics—and demonstrates how district vulnerability can be paired with climate-risk data to identify populations and locations facing overlapping structural and external risks.

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Research Report•November 2024

Pakistan@2050: Demographic Change, Future Projections, and Development Opportunities

Pakistan

Pakistan@2050 examines how demographic change will shape Pakistan's development through 2050, linking population dynamics with human capital, economic growth, structural transformation, urbanization, migration, and climate change. The report highlights both the risks of continued rapid population growth and the opportunities created by a large working-age population, emphasizing the need for integrated policies that align demographic and economic planning.

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Research Report•June 2024

Strengthening the Community-based Healthcare System through the Community Midwives Plus Project

Sindh

This report documents the Community Midwives Plus Project in Sindh, which strengthened the capacity of community midwives in Matiari and Tando Muhammad Khan to provide family planning and postpartum family planning services through training, contraceptive supply, equipment, supportive supervision, digital monitoring, and the introduction of Group Antenatal Care at community level.

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Community Midwives Plus

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Research Report•September 2021

Impacts of Climate Change in Vulnerable Communities in Sindh, Pakistan: Voices from the Community

Sindh

This working paper documents how climate change is experienced by vulnerable communities in Sindh through qualitative evidence from affected populations. It examines perceived climatic changes and their effects on livelihoods, coping and adaptation strategies, migration, marriage and family planning, access to water and food, shelter, health, workloads, education, and psychosocial well-being. The report highlights the compounding effects of poverty, gender inequality, weak services, and environmental stress and calls for stronger livelihood diversification, health and nutrition support, education, family planning, and climate-resilient development.

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PERCC

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Research Report•December 2019

Climate, Population, and Vulnerability in Pakistan: Exploring Evidence of Linkages for Adaptation

Pakistan

This monograph brings together climate and demographic evidence to examine how population dynamics interact with climate vulnerability and adaptation in Pakistan. Drawing on contributions from national experts in meteorology, agriculture, migration, and population, it provides a regionally nuanced assessment of climatic exposure, socioeconomic and demographic vulnerability, internal migration, resilience, and the implications of climate-population interactions for agriculture and food security.

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PERCC

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Research Report•June 2018

Climate Change, Resilience, and Population Dynamics in Pakistan: A Case Study of the 2010 Floods in Mianwali District

Punjab

This study examines the consequences of the 2010 floods in Mianwali District and uses demographic and geospatial evidence to understand community-level vulnerability and resilience. It focuses on migration and population movements, poverty and living conditions, livelihood changes, and health-seeking and fertility-related behavior, demonstrating why demographic and health information should be integrated into natural-disaster and climate-resilience analysis.

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