Abid Qaiyum Suleri

Abid Qaiyum Suleri (born 9 September 1969) is a Pakistani social policy analyst and development practitioner. Since 2007 he has been the Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute.^[1] Dr. Suleri is called on to give policy advice and is serving on various policy forums/advisory boards at national, regional, and international levels. Currently he is a member of the Economic Advisory Council of Government of Pakistan;^[2] member of the National Advisory Committee of Planning Commission of Pakistan;^[3] and National Advisory Committee of USAID funded Pakistan Strategic Support Program.^[4] He has also served as Member of Board of Management of Pakistan State Oil (PSO), and Chaired Board Audit and Finance Committee of PSO from 2010-2012.^[5]

Professional career

His research interests include food security, regional economic integration, governance, social transformation in South Asia, climate change, and livelihoods. Suleri serves on various policy fora at national and international level. He is member of the National Planning Commission's Advisory Committee.^[3]

In March 2010, Yousaf Raza Gillani, the then Prime Minister of Pakistan appointed Suleri as a member of the Board of Management of Pakistan's largest oil distribution company, Pakistan States Oil.^[6] Suleri served as Chairman of PSO BOM's Finance and Audit Committee.^[5]

Food Insecurity in Pakistan

Suleri is the lead author of Food Insecurity in Pakistan 2009, a report prepared by SDPI in collaboration with Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and World Food Program. In 2004, he led SDPI's team which, in collaboration with the [World Food Program], ranked the 120 districts of Pakistan on the basis of their food insecurity. ^[7] In 2009, Suleri was a keynote speaker at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.^[8]

Publications

World Trade Organization (WTO)

• Suleri, A.Q., and Paracha, M.A, 2007: "Pakistan and the WTO" in South Asia in WTO. (eds: Kalegama, S.), Sage Publications, India.
• Suleri, A.Q., and Kumar. P., 2006: "WTO and South Asia" in WTO and South Asia (eds. Alam, I.), SAPANA Publishers, Pakistan.
• Suleri, A.Q., 2004: "Losing out in UNCTAD" in Southern Agenda from UNCTAD XI, Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment, India.
• Suleri, A.Q., 2004: "Alamghiriat (Globalization), WTO aur Pakistan" (Urdu), Oxfam and WTO Watch Group, Pakistan.
• Suleri, A.Q., & Shah, Q., 2003: "The Agreement on Agriculture (AOA): Impact on Food Security of People Living in HKH Region" in Mountains of Pakistan: Protection, Potential and Prospects (Eds: Mufti et al.)
• Suleri, A.Q. 2003: "Altering the Course of Global Trade: WTO – the need for a proactive Southern Agenda" in Sustainable Development and Southern Realities (Past and Future in South Asia), City Press Pakistan.
• Suleri, A.Q., 2003: "Impact of WTO Agreements on People living in HKH region of Pakistan", SAWTEE, Nepal.
• Suleri, A.Q., 2003: "WTO regime and Pakistan", FES and PILDAT, Pakistan.

Natural Resources Management

• Shahbaz, B., and Suleri, A.Q., 2009: "The political Economy of Forest management in Pakistan", in Exploiting Natural Resources: Growth, Instability, and Conflict in the Middle East and Asia (eds: Cornin, R. and Pandya, A.), Stimsons, Washington.^[9]
• Suleri, A.Q., Shahbaz, B., Geiser, U., 2008: "Forest Related Interventions and the Stakeholders of Forests in the North West frontier of Pakistan", in Sustainable Solutions: A Spotlight on South Asian Research, SDPI-SAMA Publishers, Pakistan.
• Suleri, A.Q. 2003: "The State of Forests in Pakistan through a Pressure-State-Response Framework", in Sustainable Development and Southern Realities (past and future in South Asia), City Press Pakistan.
• Suleri, A.Q., 2002: "Forest Policies for Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan: Issues and Options: A Case Study of NWFP", South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics, and Environment, Nepal.

Selected articles

• "Food For Survival", 1 August 2010
• "Hunger Pains", 28 February 2010
• "Federal Budget: Wrong Framework", 15 July 2007
• "Pakistan's Budget: Survey with mixed findings", 17 June 2007
• "SAARC: A Failure Story", 22 April 2007
• "A Framework of Barriers", 11 March 2007
• "A New voice for a New Region", 28 January 2007
• "Pakistan & India: Freedom for Past", 14 January 2007
• "The trickle that never becomes a steady flow", 24 December 2006
• "Money does the Talking", December 2006
• "On Earthquake Rehabilitation: Not their moneys worth", 12 November 2006

References

External links

• Sustainable Development Policy Institute
• NCCR, NORTH-South Partnership
• South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics, and Environment
• Imagine a New South Asia
• Hunger Pains: Case of Pakistan Food Insecurity, Video of Lunchon Address by Suleri at Woodrow Wilson Center
• Suleri on Talibanization in Pakistan
• Suleri's selected articles on Europe Solidaire Sans Frontie'res Homepage
• SDPI Annual Report
• Abid Suleri's selected essays written during 2001–2004 on NCCR webpage
• Food Crises in Developing Countries: The Role of National Governance, at Boston University's homepage
• Imagine New South Asia
• Pakistan State Oil Corporation
• Role of remittances in Earthquake Rehabilitation
• Suleri's presentation on pre-flood food security situation in Pakistan delivered at national seminar on food security jointly organized by SDPI-WFP-SDC