Dr. Zulfiqar’s research engages with the political economy of poverty, gender and class-based inequalities. Prior to joining LUMS, Dr. Zulfiqar was on the Economics faculty at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where her research on microfinance and gender in Pakistan won the Public Policy Book Award in 2014. Dr Zulfiqar has a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Massachusetts Boston, an MSc in Development Finance from the School of Oriental and African Studies and an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.