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Abid Qaiyum Suleri عابد قيوم سليرى(Urdu) | |
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 Abid Qaiyum Suleri, 2010 | |
| Born | 9 September 1969 |
| 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. [1]
He has also served as Member of Finance Minister's Special Task Force on Effectiveness of Social Safety Nets; [6] member Board of Management of Pakistan State Oil (PSO), and chaired Board Audit and Finance Committee of PSO from 2010 to 2012; [7] [8] [9] member Lahore High Court's Climate Change Commission formed for effective implementation of Climate Change Policy; [10] served on National Advisory Committee of USAID funded Pakistan Strategic Support Program; [11] and on Islamabad Environment Commission, a commission constituted by Islamabad High Court to prevent further destruction and degradation of the environment of Islamabad. [12]
He writes on political economy in Pakistani newspapers. [13] [14] [15]
He has researched issues such as resilient livelihoods, [16] [17] [18] food insecurity, [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] regional trade, [25] [26] [27] CPEC, [28] and political economy of development. [15] [29] His other research interests include natural resources management, [30] climate change, institutional reforms, [31] and non-traditional security issues. [32]
