Prof. Dr. Abdul Waheed Email & Phone Number

Dr. Abdul Waheed is an economist with expertise in Economic Development and specializes in economic issues of South Asia. He has achieved Ph.D. degree from Nagoya University, Japan, under Japanese Government fellowship in March 2005. He conducted post doctorate research under JSPS fellowship during March 2005-September 2006 in Japan and constructed a Financial Social Accounting Matrix for Pakistan. He was invited as guest speaker by the Government of South Korea in October 2007 to make presentation of the same matrix at Korean National Statistical Office. The Institute of Developing Economies also invited him to Tokyo, Japan in 2009 as Visiting Research Fellow, to conduct research on “Financial Sector Reforms in Pakistan”. Dr. Waheed has 44 scholarly contributions in peer reviewed academic journals, a chapter in a book, a monograph, and presented papers in international conference held in different countries. He has published articles in such journals as Economic Modelling, Quality & Quantity, Progress in Development Studies, International Migration, Competitiveness Review, Journal of Developing Areas, Asian Economic Review etc. He has supervised five Ph.D. and nine M.Phil. theses.Dr. Waheed has been a member of the Japan Society for International Development, Senate and Academic Council of the University of Karachi, Board of Governors of AERC. He has been consultant on various national and international projects and serves on the editorial board of various academic journals.During the last twenty-five years he has had the opportunity to teach Economics courses in different educational institutions such as University of Karachi (Pakistan), Nagoya University (Japan), Institute of Business Administration (Pakistan), Bahria University (Pakistan) and IQRA University (Pakistan). Currently, he is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, University of Karachi and also have the additional charge of Registrar and Director, at the Directorate of Distance Education, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.