Ph.D. in Economics in 2011 from Quaid Azam University, Pakistan. Ms. Lubna Shahnaz Umer holds Ph.D. in Economics in 2011 from Quaid-i- Azam University, Pakistan. She has extensive experience of working in social and economic research with the government, donor organizations and the academia in the country. She has worked as Social Protection Policy Expert in World Bank funded Social Safety Net Project in Planning Commission, where she provided technical support to provinces in formulation of social protection policies and led the development of a National Framework for Social Protection for Pakistan. She has been engaged as Lead Consultant with the International Labour Organization, Geneva for the preparation of a Decent Work Country Profile of Pakistan. She has been working with ILO for last 14 years on different assignments. She has also experience working with other government agencies, international organizations (ADB, FAO) as well as academia (Australian National University and other universities) during the course of professional career. She has also contributed to National and International Reports like the Pakistan Millennium Development Goal Reports from 2005 to 2013, Human Development Reports for South Asia, Punjab Employment Trends Report 2013, Punjab Occupational Safety & Health Report 2014, Punjab Labour Market Information 2015 and Sindh Employment Trends Report-Skills etc. She has been engaged in estimating poverty for Pakistan by using official methodology. She has produced more than 25 journal articles published in national and international journals on poverty, migration, youth, gender, employment etc. She has also presented papers at different conferences. She has been invited as guest speaker and has been appointed as external examiner of M.Phil. thesis of Quaid Azam, NUML and Preston University. She has also taught in National University of Science and Technology and Fatima Jinnah University.
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