Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri 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 in Pakistan since 2007. Dr 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; member of the National Advisory Committee of Planning Commission of Pakistan; and of Trade Policy Advisory Committee, 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.

 

He has also served as Member of Finance Minister’s Special Task Force on Effectiveness of Social Safety Nets; member Board of Management of Pakistan State Oil (PSO), and chaired Board Audit and Finance Committee of PSO from 2010-12; member Lahore High Court’s Climate Change Commission formed for effective implementation of the Climate Change Policy; served on National Advisory Committee of USAID funded Pakistan Strategic Support Program; and on Islamabad Environment Commission, a commission constituted by Islamabad High Court to prevent further destruction and degradation of the environment of Islamabad. He regularly writes on political economy of development in newspapers, and is invited as a policy analyst by electronic media houses of Pakistan.

 

He has conceptualised and conducted research on issues like resilient livelihoods, food insecurity, regional trade, CPEC, and political economy of development. His other research interests include natural resources management, climate change, institutional reforms, and non-traditional security issues.