Asad Ejaz Butt Email & Phone Number

Islamabad, PK

United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

Islāmābād, Pakistan

• Worked closely with the debt office in achieving long term debt sustainabilityand implementation of the FRDL
• Briefed the Finance Minister on the distributional impacts of monetary policyand inflation and the issues of pricing and optimal subsidy levels in variouscommodity markets
• Provided advisory services and analytics to the senior management to plananti-poverty fiscal outlays and social safety transfers that are essential forpoverty reduction
• Monitored pro-poor public expenditures using data-driven approaches and in-depth knowledge of welfare monitoring systems
• Developed policy frameworks and PFM reform systems to ensure allocativeefficiency and macro-fiscal stability
• Provided a daily market report to the Finance Minister covering update onseveral macroeconomic and social indicators that assisted him in making keywelfare and allocative decisions

Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

• Assisted in the review of the country context, including relevant programs, policies and regulations, national objectives and goals, and supporting structures or barriers for carbon pricing
• Assisted in the assessment of readiness for carbon pricing, mapping of key stakeholders for each identified sector, and identification of key gaps.
• Built a common understanding among relevant sector agencies and key stakeholders about carbon pricing and related policies, and the capacity needs for implementing carbon pricing instruments
• Supported in creating an outline of organizational arrangements for implementation of the PMI country program, including timeline and budgets

London, England, United Kingdom

• Supported both project implementation and acquisition workstreams under a 70-30 management consulting arrangement
• Led the formulation of an important DFID-funded study on shock responsiveness of social protection systems that strengthened the evidence and policy base on how systems can scale up in response to shocks like the.
• Generated evidence on cash transfer programs and role of public finance and delivery mechanism in the impact of the cash transfer programs
• Supported the design of integrated development programmes and their delivery mechanisms while ensuring that these work effectively alongside other social sectors

Islamabad. Pakistan

• Delivered several talks and presentations on private sector engagement for SDGs and theutility of leveraging partnerships to foster enhanced SDG performance
• Facilitated local, regional and global communities of practice and knowledge networks topromote innovation, best practices and opportunities for SDG implementation.
• Presented best practices and lessons learnt from implementation of UNDP SDGs program toadvise GIZ on actions needed to strengthen research and policy direction
• Proposed scale-up and exit strategies to ensure sustenance of the program delivery in thelong-run

Pakistan

• Delivered key results for the economic and environment sector SDGs by collaborating withgovernmental and non-governmental stakeholders in the province.
• Monitored regional and global economic trends and issues to analyze their implications for therealization of the SDGs at the country level.
• Provided analysis and advice on issues related to economic development and povertyreduction that could inform national and sub-national policies with regard to the achievementof relevant SDG targets.
• Proposed recommendations to enhance UN support to governmental and multi-stakeholderprocesses on SDG policy and capacity development.
• Prepared policy papers and briefs for senior government and UNDP officials on issues relatedto economic development, and poverty and inequality
• Analyzed of public policies aimed at economic development, and poverty and inequalityreduction with the objective to assess their effectiveness and impact and providerecommendations accordingly;

Lahore, Pakistan

• Advised the government on matters of key policy, institutional and economic significance toinfuse rationality into the public policy process
• Designed and managed development projects in areas of energy, health and education.
• Facilitated creation of profitable and long-term public private partnerships by liaising with thepublic sector on a strategic level
• Created interactive and low-cost platforms for effective sharing and dissemination ofknowledge
• Published policy briefs, journal and newspaper articles covering the political economy ofdevelopment
• Supervised a team of 5 research associates, assistants and interns to streamline theirresearch and ensure that monthly research targets feed successfully into BIPP’s annual state of the economy report

Toronto, Canada Area

Joined ICF Consulting in its Energy Efficiency Analytics and Policy team working as a quantitative support on their energy modelling and policy projects.Streamlined project management processes and updated/QA’d ICF’s flagship model called Energy efficiency potential model (EEPM) that is used to gauge the energy conservation potential of demand-side energy.

Guelph, ON

Assisted Dr. Miana Plesca (Associate Dean of the College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph) on a number of funded and peer-reviewed research projects including a paper on disability impacts on labor economic outcomes in Canada and role of early childhood education intervention in labour developmentEnacted publishable literature reviews and.

Guelph, ON

Assisted an introductory level Microeconomics course by reviewing the relevant literature and delivering online/in-class lecturesUsed MyEconLab (MEL) software to smoothen the process of assignment and quiz submission and enhance/facilitate student-faculty interactionInstructed an intermediate level Microeconomic theory course by using knowledge and.

Ontario, Canada

Designed and implemented financial/economic models helping the firm to conduct fundamental and scenario analysisEstablished correlation and causation between changes in macroeconomic variables and volatility in stock market prices by constructing analytical models on Microsoft excelChurned out monthly reports on equities based on companies’ earnings.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Public Policy Analysis, Gpa: 4.0

Activities and Societies: Fulbright Scholar

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics, 3.6/4.0

Activities and Societies: York Debating SocietyDean's Honor List'​ 2013 Cum Laude'​ 2013 Golden Key Roll of Honor' 2012

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Development Economics And International Development, 3.7/4.0

Graduated in a rigorous, research-oriented master’s program concentrated in economics and international development studies Master’s.

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb, Law, Pass