Dr. Vaqar Ahmed is economist and former Pakistani civil servant. Earlier, he has served UNDP as Advisor, and has undertaken assignments with Asian Development Bank, World Bank, Ministries of Finance, Planning and Commerce in Pakistan, and Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI). He remained the technical associate and member of the task forces, constituted by the Government of Pakistan, including Advisory Panel of Economists (2008), Task Force on Private Sector Development (2009), Working Group on Macroeconomic Framework for Tenth Five Year Plan 2010-15, Working Group on Social Sector Development for Pakistan Vision 2025, and Revenue and Resource Mobilization Commission at Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Pakistan.
He has published extensively in areas such as macroeconomic modeling, inclusive growth and infrastructure reforms, trade and taxation policies, regional trade agreements, trade in services, energy governance, border-related trade infrastructure, youth employment, women-led social enterprises, and social safety nets. His book 'Pakistan's Agenda for Economic Reforms' was published by the Oxford University Press in 2018.
He is the visiting faculty member and researcher in different international institutes, including the National University of Ireland, IMT Institute of Advanced Studies in Italy and Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development. His PhD students are working on, economy-wide evaluation of regional trade agreements, simulating growth and welfare impact of infrastructure and investment policies.
Currently, he serves as a member on the following boards, committees and working groups:
Member, Advisory Board, Creative Cities Initiative, British Council, UK
Member, Advisory Penal, Research and Advocacy for the Advancement of Allied Reforms (RAFTAAR), 2015-2016
Fellow, CSO Group, International Monetary Fund [2014 and 2015]
Member, Planning Commission’s Vision 2025 working group, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan (2013)
Member, Economy of Tomorrow Programme, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Pakistan
Member, Think Tank of Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FPCCI) Pakistan (2015).
Member, Research Advisory Board, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (since 2011).
Member, Research Supervisory Committee, Health Services Academy Pakistan (since 2012).
Member/Secretary, Working Group on Macroeconomic Framework for 10th Five Year Plan for Pakistan 2011-12, Planning Commission of Pakistan.
Member/Secretary, Working Group on Macroeconomic Framework for Medium Term Development Framework 2005-10, Planning Commission of Pakistan.
Technical Associate, Penal of Economists, constituted by the Prime Minister of Pakistan 2009. Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Islamabad.
Technical Associate, Task Force on Private Sector Development, constituted by the Finance Minister 2009.
Member / Focal Point (Macroeconomics), National Accounts Committee, Federal Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan (Since 2003).
Technical Associate, Integrated Energy Model for Pakistan, Asian Development Bank
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Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1aBH-doAAAAJ&hl=en
Dr. Ahmed holds a PhD in Economics from National University of Ireland. He tweets @vaqarahmed and can be contacted at vahmed@gmail.com
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