Saad Imtiaz is a faculty member at the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS. His research interests include development economics, political economy and agricultural economics. He has extensive experience working with multilateral organizations on global development issues, including at the Development Research Group and Poverty Global Practice at the World Bank. At LUMS, he teaches introductory statistics and econometrics to social science streams.
Saad Imtiaz holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from LUMS and a graduate degree in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University SAIS.
"Water as a perceived constraint to improving agricultural productivity: Insights from farm-level census data of crop yields in Bhutan". Agricultural Econmics. 2024. (with Felipe Dizon (World Bank) and Jisang Yu (Kansas State University))
An Overview of Cash Transfers Programs in Myanmar (Policy note with Yashodhan Ghorpardhe (World Bank))
Labor Market Indicators and Household Wellbeing in Myanmar (Policy note with Yashodhan Ghorpardhe (World Bank))
"Displaced in Crisis: Impact of the pandemic on forcibly displaced households"(supporting Jeffery Tanner (World Bank/UNHCR) and Yeon Soo Kim (World Bank))
"The impact of climate change on agricultural productivity" (working paper, with B. Uulu and R. Chaurey): June 2018)
"High-Skilled Migration from Myanmar: Responses to Signals of Political and Economic Stabilization." IZA Working paper (2024)With Y.Ghorpade and Theingie Han
"The sources of researcher variation in economics" NBER Working paper. 2025. (with N.Huntington-Klein, CC Portner and other).
"From Conflict to Compromise: Experimental Evidence on Occupational Downgrading in Migration from Myanmar." IZA Working paper (2024) (with Y.Ghorpade)
