Turab Husain's research interests have ranged from migration theory and policy, poverty and rural development to trade and development. Recently published research has been on industrial policy, migration and remittances, prospects of trade with India and on Pakistan's experience at dispute settlement within the WTO. Teaching interests are in Development Theory, International Trade, Macroeconomics and Trade and Development.
Victory in Principal: Pakistan s Dispute Settlement Case on Combed Cotton Yarn Exports to the United States", in Managing the Challenges of WTO Participation, Edited by Peter Gallagher, Patrick Low and Andrew Stoler, 2005, Cambridge University Press.
Migration, Policy and Welfare in the Context of Developing Economies: A Simple Extended Family Approach, in Internal Labour Migration in Pakistan, Edited by Hisaya Oda, Institute of Developing Economies Japan External Trade Organization, 2005.
Possibilities and Implications for Trade in Agriculture Sector with focus on Wheat and Sugar, co-authors Abid A. Burki and Mushtaq Khan, Chapter 6 in The Challenges and Potential of Pakistan-India Trade, 2006, Edited by Zareen Naqvi and Philip Schuler. World Bank Publication
Services Trade Negotiations in the Doha Round: Opportunities and Risks for Pakistan, co-author Burki, Abid A., in Trade and Economic Growth Linkages. M. Mazhar Iqbal and M. Idrees (eds.) Feb, 2009, Islamabad: Department of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University. 1-32.
Dynamics of Agricultural Productivity and Poverty in Pakistan, The Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 3, No. 1 June 1998.
"An analysis of the garment sector of Pakistan within a global value chain framework." 2019. International Journal of Supply Chain Management 8(2): 505-522.
Economic Growth and Structural Change in South Asia: Miracle or Mirage. Monograph with Ijaz Nabi (Team Leader), South Asia region, World Bank, March 2010.
Opportunities and Risks of Liberalizing Trade in Services in Pakistan, co-author Abid A. Burki. Issue Paper No. 7, Dec. 2007, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva, Switzerland.
Presentation of the Pakistan-India Trade Sugar and Wheat Sector Study to the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, April 2006.
Presentation of the inception report and draft Industrial Policy to Ministry of Industries and Production, GOP, Islamabad and various chambers of commerce and industry across Pakistan, Summer 2010.
Presentation of the study: Opportunities and Risks of Liberalising Trade in Services in Pakistan, ICTSD Round Table on the Services Sector, LUMS, March, 2007.
Industrial Policy, its Spatial Aspects and Cluster development in Pakistan, Vol I and II, co-authors., A. Burki, K. Munir. M. Khan, U. Khan, A. Faheem and A. Khalid., policy and report prepared for the Ministry of Industries and Production, GOP, Dec. 2010,World Bank publication.
Third Workshop on Prospects of Trade with India - Presentation of Final Results of the Sugar and Wheat Sector Study, World Bank, Islamabad, July 11, 2005.
Industrial Policy: Irrelevant or Essential?, Social Science and Policy Bulletin, LUMS Vol 2 , No.2, Autumn 2010.
Second Workshop on Prospects of Trade with India - Presentation of Preliminary Results of the Sugar and Wheat Sector Study, World Bank, Islamabad, April, 2005.
A Note on the Political Economy of Trade with India, co-author, Dr. Mohsin Khan, Usman Khan and Nadia Mukhtar, a project for the Adam Smith International, UK, Sep 2011, Unpublished.
Presented a paper titled Migration and Remittances in South Asia in the wake of Emerging Global Challenges, at the Fourth South Asian Economic Summit (SAES IV), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct, 2011.
Migration and Remittances in South Asia in the wake of Emerging Global Challenges, Unpublished Discussion Paper for the Fourth South Asian Economic Summit (SAES IV), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct, 2011.
SME s in Pakistan: A Survey of their Problems and Prospects, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Working Paper Series, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Dec. 1998.
Dynamics of Agricultural Productivity and Poverty in Pakistan, Centre for Management and Economic Research (CMER) Working Paper # 97-14, 1998, Lahore University of Management Sciences.
Services Trade Negotiations in the Doha Round: Opportunities and Risks for Pakistan, CMER Working Paper # 07-55, 2007, Lahore University of Management Sciences.
Migration, Policy and Welfare in the Context of Developing Economies: A Simple Extended Family Approach, CMER Working Paper # 05-37, 2005, Lahore University of Management Sciences.
Combed Cotton Yarn Exports of Pakistan to the USA. A Dispute Settlement Case, Centre for Management and Economic Research (CMER) Working Paper # 05-36, 2005, Lahore University of Management Sciences.
Rural to Urban Migration and Network Effects in an Extended Family Framework, CMER Working Paper # 05-38, 2005, Lahore University of Management Sciences.
Prospects of Wheat and Sugar Trade between India and Pakistan: A Simple Welfare Analysis, CMER Working Paper # 06-44, 2006, Lahore University of Management Sciences.