Dr. Umer Khalid is a senior Economist with over two decades of wide ranging experience in economic research, policy formulation, advocacy and dialogue, with key economic policy making organizations in Pakistan, including the State Bank of Pakistan, Ministry of Finance. He has carried out consulting assignments for a number of international organizations, including the World Bank, ILO, UNICEF and Oxfam, and has also been engaged with the development sector over the course of his professional career. Dr. Khalid holds a Doctorate in Economics from Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan and has earlier obtained a Masters in International and Development Economics from the Australian National University in 2010. During the course of his professional tenure, he has provided high quality policy advisory services encompassing the areas of poverty alleviation/social protection, labour/ employment and finance & private sector development. He has been extensively involved in managing and directing research into issues related to poverty, inequality and labour markets, having led the research departments in a number of organizations working in this domain, including the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund, Pakistan Microfinance Network, Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy and more recently the Benazir Income Support Programme. In addition to his extensive research and analytical skills, Dr. Khalid has also been actively involved in the operational aspects of policy development and implementation, including establishment of monitoring, evaluation and reporting frameworks as well as project management with different organizations that he has been engaged with.
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