Abid Qaiyum Suleri

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 2010–2012;[8][9][10][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 is a writer and contributes his columns on political economy of development in Pakistani papers.[14][15][16] He is invited as a policy analyst by electronic media houses of Pakistan.[17]

He has conceptualized and conducted research on issues like resilient livelihoods,[18][19][20] food insecurity,[21][22][23][24][25][26] regional trade,[27][28][29] CPEC,[30] and political economy of development.[16][31][32] His other research interests include natural resources management,[33] climate change, institutional reforms,[34] and non-traditional security issues.[35]