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DESCRIPTION:Title: Who Gets Registered? IG 2.0 Evidence on Design and Socia
 l Norms in Punjab Birth Registration SystemAuthors: Seemi Waheed and Marri
 am KouserPresenter: Dr. Seemi Waheed (University of Management and Technol
 ogy\, Pakistan)Abstract:Birth registration (BR) regulatory policy design s
 hould simultaneously facilitate access for legitimate citizens\, manage la
 te registration\, and prevent fraudulent registration. Effective regulator
 y design achieves all three regulatory functions in a way that is responsi
 ve\, efficient\, and facilitative (Ayres and Braithwaite\, 1992). BR in Pa
 kistan stands at 42% with marked provincial variation: 79% in Punjab\, 34%
  in Sindh\, 29 % in KP\, and 44% in Balochistan. While all Provinces funct
 ion under their respective Civil Vital Registration Statistics rules\, thi
 s study examines the Punjab Local Government Act 2022 and the Punjab Birth
  and Death Registration Rules (2025).This study combines regulatory policy
  theory (Ayres and Braithwaite\, 1992) with IG 2.0 Extended (Frantz and Si
 ddiki\, 2022) and cultural dimension theory (Hofstede\, 1980\, 2001\; Hofs
 tede and Minkov\, 2010). As regulatory policy (formal rules) operates with
 in a cultural context\, the selected policy text is deconstructed using In
 stitutional Grammar (IG) 2.0 Extended to identify facilitative\, impeding\
 , and preventive rules. Interviews with local government officials\, the C
 hild Protection and Welfare Bureau (CP&amp\;WB)\, and the National Databas
 e and Registration Authority (NADRA) further help contextualize these rule
 s within administrative and cultural dimensions. While interviews/ focus g
 roup interviews (FGI) with parents who have registered and those who have 
 not registered their children capture norms that help or hinder BR. The re
 sults show that formal rules are facilitative for on-time and to a lesser 
 extent late registration. Dedicated rules exist to prevent and penalize fr
 audulent registration. Moreover\, impeding provisions are asymmetric\, gra
 nting officials discretionary decision-making with no stated criteria. Int
 erviews reveal themes: compulsion for a computerized National identity car
 d\, informality in delays and procedures\, and speed money at the first st
 ep of registration.
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SUMMARY:IGRI Research Seminar: Seemi Waheed
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div><h3>Title: </h3><p>Who Gets Registered? I
 G 2.0 Evidence on Design and Social Norms in Punjab Birth Registration Sys
 tem</p></div><div><h3>Authors: </h3><p>Seemi Waheed and Marriam Kouser</p>
 </div><div><h3>Presenter: </h3><p>Dr. Seemi Waheed (University of Manageme
 nt and Technology\, Pakistan)</p></div><div><h3>Abstract:</h3><p><span sty
 le="background-color: initial\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\;
  text-transform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; whit
 e-space: inherit">Birth registration (BR) regulatory policy design should 
 simultaneously facilitate access for legitimate citizens\, manage late reg
 istration\, and prevent fraudulent registration. Effective regulatory desi
 gn achieves all three regulatory functions in a way that is responsive\, e
 fficient\, and facilitative (Ayres and Braithwaite\, 1992). BR in Pakistan
  stands at 42% with marked provincial variation: 79% in Punjab\, 34% in Si
 ndh\, 29 % in KP\, and 44% in Balochistan. While all Provinces function un
 der their respective Civil Vital Registration Statistics rules\, this stud
 y examines the Punjab Local Government Act 2022 and the Punjab Birth and D
 eath Registration Rules (2025).</span></p></div><p>This study combines reg
 ulatory policy theory (Ayres and Braithwaite\, 1992) with IG 2.0 Extended 
 (Frantz and Siddiki\, 2022) and cultural dimension theory (Hofstede\, 1980
 \, 2001\; Hofstede and Minkov\, 2010). As regulatory policy (formal rules)
  operates within a cultural context\, the selected policy text is deconstr
 ucted using Institutional Grammar (IG) 2.0 Extended to identify facilitati
 ve\, impeding\, and preventive rules. Interviews with local government off
 icials\, the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CP&amp\;WB)\, and the Na
 tional Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) further help contextual
 ize these rules within administrative and cultural dimensions. While inter
 views/ focus group interviews (FGI) with parents who have registered and t
 hose who have not registered their children capture norms that help or hin
 der BR. The results show that formal rules are facilitative for on-time an
 d to a lesser extent late registration. Dedicated rules exist to prevent a
 nd penalize fraudulent registration. Moreover\, impeding provisions are as
 ymmetric\, granting officials discretionary decision-making with no stated
  criteria. Interviews reveal themes: compulsion for a computerized Nationa
 l identity card\, informality in delays and procedures\, and speed money a
 t the first step of registration.</p>
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