Vaqar Ahmed

Vaqar Ahmed is the Deputy Executive Director at Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI). Earlier, he has served at UNDP as Advisor, and has undertaken assignments with Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and Ministries of Finance, Planning, and Commerce in Pakistan. Between 29 and 211, he was the Head of Macroeconomics Section in Planning Commission of Pakistan, which is responsible for the formulation of annual, medium, and perspective development programmes. He remained the technical associate and member of the task forces, constituted by the Government of Pakistan, including Advisory Panel of Economists (28), Task Force on Private Sector Development (29), Working Group on Macroeconomic Framework for Tenth Five Year Plan 21-15, and Working Group on Social Sector Development for Pakistan Vision 225.