{"id":225194,"date":"2021-11-04T08:40:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T03:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=225194"},"modified":"2021-11-04T08:40:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T03:40:15","slug":"first-behavioural-insight-unit-set-up-in-kp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/first-behavioural-insight-unit-set-up-in-kp\/","title":{"rendered":"First Behavioural Insight Unit set up in KP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solution of modern policy problems<br \/>\n PESHAWAR<br \/>\nThe Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has set up Pakistan\u2019s first \u201cBehavioral Insights Unit\u201d , the Finance Department with an aim to change the way in which policy issues are defined, approached and resolved by the government.<br \/>\nProvincial Minister for Finance Taimur Salim Jhagra said here Wednesday that policymakers often encounter implementation problems that lead to suboptimal results for government and also for citizens as entrepreneurs, taxpayers, investors, homeowners, motor vehicle operators or consumers of public and private goods.<br \/>\nHe said that in KP, the Unit will initially focus on improving revenue mobilization for the provincial Government, where behavioral tools and \u2018nudges\u2019 have proven to be particularly successful in other countries.<br \/>\nHe said the Government of KP has set up Pakistan\u2019s first Behavioral Insights Unit, joining governments in UK, US, Peru, Singapore, Qatar, and many other countries around the world, which are leveraging behavioral science tools for cost-effective, citizen-centered, and easily implementable solutions to modern policy problems.<br \/>\n\u201cThe public finance management focus of the new BIU makes it the first of its kind not only in Pakistan, but the global South\u201d, remarked Taimur Jhagra, who was one of the earliest supporters of the idea.<br \/>\nThe B4Development Foundation established by Qatar\u2019s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy would support the unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solution of modern policy problems PESHAWAR The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has set up Pakistan\u2019s first \u201cBehavioral Insights Unit\u201d , the Finance Department with an aim to change the way in which policy issues are defined, approached and resolved by the government. 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