Vaqar Ahmed

SDPI (Pakistan)

Areas of expertise:

Climate Change, Economy

Vaqar Ahmed is Joint Executive Director at Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI). He authored the book ‘Pakistan’s Agenda for Economic Reforms’. Vaqar was an Advisor to the United Nations Development Program and has undertaken assignments with the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, and Ministries of Finance, Planning and Commerce in Pakistan. Between 2009 and 2011 he was the Head of Macroeconomics Section in Planning Commission of Pakistan.

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Pakistan's small businesses hit hard by COVID-19

- May 3, 2020
SDPI (Pakistan)
Federal and provincial governments must support small businesses. For example, by ensuring their access to assistance.

A window of opportunity for sustainability transition in Pakistan amid COVID-19

- June 1, 2020
SDPI (Pakistan)
Not undermining the challenges posed by COVID-19, there is an opportunity at hand to reconsider and reorient development priorities for a sustainability transition.

Pakistan’s Economic Response to Coronavirus Needs Better Structure

- May 6, 2020
SDPI (Pakistan)
Doubts and observations regarding the prime minister’s economic package to mitigate the impact of coronavirus.

Pakistan’s Middle East remittance bonanza

- July 20, 2020
SDPI (Pakistan)
The government will need to go beyond financial measures to secure future remittance inflows and to help Pakistani workers abroad.

Economic impacts for Pakistan of the coronavirus second wave

- December 7, 2020
SDPI (Pakistan)
As the COVID-19 positive rate increased, Pakistan has seen the shutting down of several economic activities as well as the closure of some services like schools.

COVID-19in the Global South

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