Abid Qaiyum Suleri عابد قيوم سليرى(Urdu) | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Food Security; Climate Change; Sustainable Development Goals; Non Traditional Security Issues; International Trade; South Asian Economic Integration |
Institutions | Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute |
Abid Qaiyum Suleri (born 9 September 1969) is a Pakistani social policy analyst and development practitioner with a PhD in Food Security from University of Greenwich, UK. He has been the Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute since 2007. [1] Suleri gives policy advice and serves on various policy forums/advisory boards at national, regional, and international levels. Currently he is a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council; [2] [3] member of the National Advisory Committee of Planning Commission of Pakistan; [4] and of Trade Policy Advisory Committee, [5] Government of Pakistan. He serves on Board of Studies of various universities and also a member of Government of Punjab Vice Chancellor's search committee for Agricultural Universities in Punjab. [6]
He has also served as Member of Finance Minister's Special Task Force on Effectiveness of Social Safety Nets; [7] member Board of Management of Pakistan State Oil (PSO), and chaired Board Audit and Finance Committee of PSO from 2010 to 2012; [8] [9] [10] member Lahore High Court's Climate Change Commission formed for effective implementation of Climate Change Policy; [11] served on National Advisory Committee of USAID funded Pakistan Strategic Support Program; [12] and on Islamabad Environment Commission, a commission constituted by Islamabad High Court to prevent further destruction and degradation of the environment of Islamabad. [13]
He writes on political economy in Pakistani newspapers. [14] [15] [16]
He has researched issues such as resilient livelihoods, [17] [18] [19] food insecurity, [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] regional trade, [26] [27] [28] CPEC, [29] and political economy of development. [16] [30] His other research interests include natural resources management, [31] climate change, institutional reforms, [32] and non-traditional security issues. [33]
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