Policy Advice
The Centre’s staff regularly provides advisory services to the Government of Pakistan, provincial governments, local government agencies and international donor agencies through participation in Task Forces, Working Groups, Advisory Committees and Commissions constituted for policy formulation. In addition to this the AERC staff serve as regular members of Board of Governors of Academic Institutions.
Task Forces:
- Research Advisory Committee, Pakistan Strategy Support Program, International Food Policy Research Institute
- Technical Advisory Committee for Social Safety Nets, Government of Pakistan
- Board of Directors, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
- Board of Directors, Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation
- Task Force on Youth and Urban Development, Government of Pakistan
- Technical Committee, Federal Bureau of Statistics
- Task Force on Urban Development, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan
- Advisory Group on Women’s Empowerment and the Medium Term Development Framework, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan
- Prime Minister’s Task Force on Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation
- Working Group on Resource Mobilization, Ministry of Planning and Development
- Working Group on Industrial Development, Ministry of Planning and Development
- Working Group on MDG Indicators, INGAD
- Working Group on Balance of Payment for the Tenth Five Year Plan, Government of Pakistan
- Committee constituted by the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance, Economic Affairs and Statistics
- Committee on Promotion of Social Sciences, constituted by the Higher Education Commission
- Member Public Management Expenditure Group, Government of Pakistan
- Macroeconomic Framework Group, constituted by the Government of Pakistan to prepare an Economic Reforms Package
- Taskforce on Provision of Urban Services and Poverty Alleviation, Government of Pakistan
- Taskforce on Transport Strategy, Government of Pakistan
- Taskforce on Economic Revival of Sindh, Government of Sindh
Board of Governors:
- Board of Graduate Studies, Aga Khan University
- Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi
- Board of Editors, Lahore School of Management
- Board of Editors, Institute of Bankers in Pakistan
- Committee for Curriculum Design, Institute of Chartered Accountants
- Economics Curriculum Advisory Board, PAF Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology
- Board of Governors, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi
- Board of Governors, Institute of Business Administration Karachi, as nominee of Higher Education Commission
- Board of Governors, Hamdard University Karachi, as nominee of Higher Education Commission
- Board of Governors, Institute of Business Management, as nominee of Higher Education Commission
