Dr Kaiser Bengali is a Pakistani economist with over four decades of experience in teaching, research and public policy advisory roles in Pakistan and internationally. He has held academic and research positions at the Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi; the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI); and Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST). He has also served as Managing Director of the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), Karachi.

His public sector experience includes serving as Advisor to the Chief Minister of Sindh on Planning and Development, Head of the Chief Minister’s Policy Reform Unit in Balochistan, and the first head and principal architect of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). He represented Sindh and Balochistan on the 7th and 8th National Finance Commissions, respectively.

Dr Bengali has authored or edited eight books and published more than 50 research papers, as documented in his institutional biography. His research focuses on development planning, macroeconomic and fiscal policy, poverty, inequality, unemployment and regional development. His policy contributions also address industrial revival, domestic manufacturing and tariff reform. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Boston University, USA, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Karachi.