Beaconhouse National University (BNU)

Dr. Akmal Hussain is an esteemed academic with a B.A. Honours and M.A. from the University of Cambridge and a Doctorate in Development Economics from the University of Sussex. He currently serves as the Distinguished Professor and Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Information Technology University, Lahore, and Co-chairs the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies. Throughout his career, Dr. Hussain has been a prominent figure in international development discussions, presenting at prestigious conferences including those hosted by Harvard University, the Society for International Development in Rome, and the UNDP.

His extensive research work has contributed to organizations such as the World Bank and the ILO. As an advisor to the government of Pakistan, Dr. Hussain was a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Consultative Committee between 1989 and 2001, and again in 2010-11. He has also been a key participant in policy discussions at Wilton Park (UK) and at forums organized by the governments of the Netherlands and Japan. Recently, he played a significant role in the UNDP's deliberations in Bonn on the Sustainable Development Goals, contributing to the drafting of the SDGs document.

Dr. Hussain has been instrumental in establishing organizations focused on poverty alleviation and sustainable development at various levels, from village to regional. He was the principal author of the UNDP Pakistan National Human Development Report 2003 and the UNDP Report on Inclusive and Sustainable Development 2017. With over 40 books authored or co-authored on development, Dr. Hussain is a leading figure in the field, contributing extensively to global policy and research on sustainable development.

• D. Phil. in Development Economics, Sussex University, UK
• M.A. in Economics and Politics, Cambridge University, UK
• B.A. (Honors) Tripos in Economics and Politics, Cambridge University, UK
• B.A. in Economics and Philosophy, Punjab University, Pakistan

• Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, School of Management Sciences, Beaconhouse National University (BNU), Lahore (Present)
• Distinguished Professor, Founding Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Information Technology University, Lahore (2016 – 2021)
• Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, Forman Christian College University, Lahore (2012 – 2016)
• Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore (2009 – 2012)
• Adjunct Faculty Member, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) (1996 – 2001)
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside, U.S.A. (1983 – 1984)

Dr. Hussain was a member/chairman of 24 Experts Committees, some of which are as follows:

• Chairman, UNDP Advisory Council on Inclusive and Sustainable Development, 2015 – 2018.
• Member, Agriculture Commission, Punjab, 2016 - 17.
• Chairperson, Sub-Committee on Small Farmers Development Corporation, Agriculture Commission, Punjab, 2017.
• Chairman, Working Group on Poverty Reduction Strategy and Human Resource Development, for the 10th Five-Year Plan, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
• Chairman, Working Group on Institutional Framework for Development, Panel of Economists, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
• Member, Prime Minister’s Task Force on Poverty Eradication and Employment Generation in Pakistan, 2003-2004.
• Member Prime Minister’s Policy Committee on Economic Affairs, 1989-90 and later 1997-99 (Honorary).
• Member Economic Advisory Board from 1999 to 2002. (This was an advisory body set up by the Chief Executive later President of Pakistan for advice on National Economic Policy).
• Member, Board of Directors, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund from 1998 to 2003 [Helped to design, establish and operationalize this institution].
• Member, Board of Directors of Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD), Pakistan, of the Rockfeller Foundation from 1998 to 2004. [Helped to design, establish and operationalize this institution in Pakistan].
• Chairman of the Working Group on Poverty Alleviation for the preparation of the Ninth Five-Year Plan 1998-2003 (Honorary)
• Vice Chairman, and Honorary Chief Executive Officer of Punjab Rural Support Program, 1998 [Helped to: (i) design, establish and operationalize this institution and (ii) build over 1100 community organizations of the poor in 9 districts in first three months].
• Member of the Steering Committee, Asian Perspectives Project, United Nations University, 1985-1991. In this capacity worked with colleagues from South Asian countries to conduct action research in development and the political economy of state power. Two books emerged out of this effort. In the process of this work was, one of the authors of the concept and methodology of Participatory Development.
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Independent Group for South Asian Cooperation (IGSAC) [Helped to design and establish this institution]. The joint Report of the Group specifying concrete proposals for regional cooperation was submitted to the Heads of State of SAARC in their Colombo Summit in 1991. Almost all the proposals were adopted by the Summit. The IGSAC Report was titled: SAARC: Moving Towards Core Areas of Cooperation.
• Chairman, Prime Minister's Task Force on Poverty Alleviation and Self-Reliance, 1993.
• Member, Prime Minister's Task Force on Central Asia, 1993.
• Member of the National Commission on Agriculture, Small Farmers Committee, 1986-87 (Honorary).

• Addressed a workshop on Pakistan’s economic policy at the National Defence University, Islamabad, 2022.
• Helped organize an international webinar between the Economics Department of GCU Lahore and Professor Lord Robert Skidelsky and Dr. Khalid Malik, 2022.
• Helped organize an international webinar discussion between BNU and Professor Peter Galbraith and Dr. Khalid Malik in the US, 2022.
• Gave presentation on Climate Change and Cooperation in South Asia at the Workshop on Environmental Cooperation Across Borders, organized by the Department of Government at the University of Texas on 5th May 2015 in Austin, USA.
• Regional Dialogue on Democracy, Development and Peace in Islamabad on 20th December 2014 and Launching of the Book titled: Akmal Hussain and Muchkund Dubey (ed.), Democracy, Sustainable Development and Peace: New Perspectives on South Asia. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2014.
• Delivered the Quaid-e-Azam Lecture in the Inaugural Session of the International Conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE), PIDE on 2nd December 2014, Islamabad.
• Gave a presentation as a Panelist at the 7th South Asia Economic Summit on 5 – 7 November 2014 in New Delhi, organized by Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) in association with the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in Sri Lanka, the South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) in Nepal, the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS) in Nepal, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) in Bangladesh, and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) in Pakistan.
• Gave a presentation on institutions and development as a Panelist at the Expert Meeting on: Post-2015 Dialogue on Implementation: Strengthening Capacities and Building Effective Institutions, Co-hosted by the Government of Germany, ILO and UNDP scheduled for 29-30 September 2014 in Bonn, Germany. The deliberations of this meeting constitute an input into the process of formulating the Post 2015 Global Development Agenda of the UN.
• Participated as a Panelist at the two day regional conference on “Developing a declaration on strengthening social protection in South Asia held on 21-22 August 2014 in Kathmandu, co-organized by SACEPS and FES.
• Chaired the main session on IPCC's AR5: Policy Responses for Pakistan at the Government Launch of IPCC’s AR5 on 12th August 2014, at the Planning Commission Auditorium, Islamabad.
• Strengthening Democracy through Inclusive Growth, paper presented at the World Conference on Recreating South Asia: Democracy, Social Justice and Sustainable Development, organized by South Asia Centre for Policy Studies in collaboration with RIS and India International Centre, 24-26 February 2011, New Delhi.
• The Global Economic Crisis and South Asia” presented at the Pre-Summit Conference, organized by the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS), 23-25 February 2010 in Kathmandu.
• Trade Facilitation: A Fosterer of Regional Connectivity in South Asia” presented at the Third SAARC Business Leaders Conclave, Regional Cooperation: A Catalyst for Socio-Economic Growth in South Asia, 22-23 November, 2009, Colombo.
• Gave a keynote presentation on “A Perspective on Peace and Economic Cooperation in South Asia” at the First South Asian Economic Summit, organized by the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 28-30 August 2008 in Colombo.
• The Challenges and Drivers of Regionalism in South Asia: The India Pakistan Peace Process presented at the Conference on Regional Integration in South Asia, Does South Asia Exist? Prospects for Regionalism in South Asia, jointly organized by the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Center at Stanford University and the Observer Research Foundation, India on June 19-20, 2008, Stanford, USA.
• Can South Asia Lead the World”, Discussion paper for a conference organized by the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS), 1-2 February 2008, Kathmandu.
• International Conference on Trade-Poverty Nexus in South Asia, jointly organized by the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 28-29 May, 2008 in Colombo.
• Devolution for Empowering the Poor: Institutions, Norms and Power” presented at the 22nd Annual General Meeting and Conference, Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE), held under the auspices of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 19-21 December 2006 in Lahore.
• Participatory Development Praxis in Pakistan’s Punjab: A Case Study presented at the 22nd Annual General Meeting and Conference, Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE), held under the auspices of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 19-21 December 2006 in Lahore.
• Human Security, Economic Development and the Peace Process in South Asia”, presented at the International Seminar on Security in South Asia in the NonTraditional Spheres and Human Security, organized by the Institute of Regional Studies, 31 October-1 November 2006 in Islamabad.
• Leading the World: Re-conceptualizing Regional Cooperation in South Asia” presented at the International Seminar on: A Creative Conceptualization of Cooperation in South Asia, organized by the Indian Council for South Asian Cooperation and the Indian International Centre, March 10-11, 2006 in New Delhi.
• A Vision for South Asia” presented before the Parliamentarians from South Asian Countries at the SAFMA Conference on: Evolving a South Asian Fraternity, 24-26 May, 2005, Bhurban.
• Catalyzing Regional Cooperation in South Asia: Growth, Poverty and Peace” presented at the Wilton Park Conference, 11-12 October 2004.
• UNDP-Planning Commission (Government of India) Sub-Regional Workshop on 'The Employment Challenge in South Asia', 10-11 December, 2004, Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi.
• Launch of SAPNA Publication titled: Pro Poor Growth and Governance in South Asia, Decentralization and Participatory Development, organized by the South Asian Perspectives Network Association (SAPNA) and the Office of the World Bank’s Country Director in Sri Lanka, on 20th June 2004 in Colombo.
• Presentation on Pakistan’s Economic Challenges: Growth, Poverty and Peace on 1st September 04 and conducted Roundtable Meeting on Indo-Pak relations with special focus on economic relations and joint infrastructure projects on 3rd September 2004 at Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi.
• A Policy for Pro Poor Growth in Pakistan” presented at the UNDP/PIDE Symposium on: Pro-Poor Poor Growth Policies in Pakistan, 17th March 2003, Islamabad.
• Terrorism, Development and Democracy: The Case of Pakistan”, presented at the Conference on: Terrorism in South Asia: Impact on Development and Democratic Process, November 23-25, 2002, Kathmandu.
• Pakistan’s Economy: Current Situation and Future Prospects presented at the Fifth Japan-South Asia Symposium, 14 - 15 March, 1996, Tokyo, Japan.
• Rural Industrialization: Economic Logic and Institutional Requirements presented at the International Conference on: Agricultural Strategies in the 1990’s: Issues and Policies, organized by the Pakistan Association of Agricultural Social Scientists, 7-9 May 1991, Islamabad.
• Regional Economic Disparity in Pakistan and A Framework for Regional Policy presented at the Wilton Park Conference on: South Asia - Balancing Economic Reform with Political Stability, 8th to 12th March 1993, Wilton House, Sussex.
• Workshop on "Rethinking Poverty", organized by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India, 12 -15 February, 1992.
• Conference on "The Challenges of the Twenty First Century", organized by Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust, New Delhi, India, 19 - 22 November, 1991.
• IUCN General Assembly, Perth, Australia, 28 November to 5 December, 1990.
• ECO '92 Public Forum, organized by the Centre for our Common Future, Amsterdam, 10-11 May 1991.
• World Peace Council's International Conference on Peace and Security in South and South-East Asia, New Delhi, July 27-29, 1990.
• UN Development Information Workshop, Palais Des Nations, Geneva, 18-19 June, 1989.
• PRIO Conference on South Asia, Peace Research Institute of Oslo, 31-May to 3rd June, 1989.
• UNU/TWWD Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 20-27 March, 1989.
• United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, United Nations, New York, USA, 20-24 October, 1987.
• UNESCO Regional Research Seminar on "Perspectives on South Asia's Future, Bangkok, 20-24 July, 1987.
• Review Seminar (Asia) of UN World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), held in Delhi, 6 - 7 July 1987.
• Regional Workshop on South Asia, Kathmandu, Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), 15-17 February, 1987.
• International Conference on Development Perspectives and Experiences. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, May 8 - 12, 1986.
• “Economic Growth, Poverty and the Child”, presented at the Harvard Conference on: Who Speaks for the Child, April 11 - 12, 1986, Harvard Law School, Cambridge Mass.
• The State and Causes of Poverty: A Note on Rural Poverty and Agrarian Structure in Pakistan” presented at the 18th World Conference on World Development: Risks and Opportunities, July 1-4, 1985, Rome.
• 18th World Conference on Development, SID, Rome 1-4 July 1985.

Research Papers in Journals and Official Reports

• Towards a New Path of Development, Development Advocate Pakistan, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2023, UNDP Islamabad, 2023.
• Akmal Hussain (Principal Author), Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Analytical Basis and Policy Framework, UNDP Pakistan Report, Islamabad, 2017.
• Akmal Hussain, Sustainable Development, Equity and Violence, Development Advocate Pakistan, Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2015, UNDP, Islamabad, 2015.
• Akmal Hussain, Fulfilling the Pakistan Vision of Quaid-i-Azam, The Pakistan Development Review (PDR), Papers and Proceedings, Parts I and II, Volume 54, Number 4, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad, Winter 2015.
• Akmal Hussain, South Asian Cooperation: Towards a Humane World, Published in the Volume: SAARC After 30 Years: Society, Culture and Development, IIC Quarterly Journal, Winter 2014 - Spring 2015, Volume 41, Nos. 3&4, India International Centre, New Delhi, 2015.
• Akmal Hussain, An Institutional Framework for Inclusive Growth, Paper contributed to the Panel of Economists for the Medium Term Plan, Government of Pakistan and the State of the Economy Report, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, April 2009. Later published as a chapter in the Final Report of the Panel of Economists, Medium Term Development Imperatives and Strategy for Pakistan, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, April 2010.
• Akmal Hussain, Participatory Development Praxis: A Case Study from Pakistan’s Punjab, paper Presented at the 22nd Annual General Meeting and Conference of Pakistan Society of Development Economists held on 19th-21st December 2006 in Lahore under the auspices of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad.
• Akmal Hussain, “Institutions, Economic Structure and Poverty”, South Asia Economic Journal, Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo, Volume 5, Number 1, Sage Publications, India, 2004.
• Pakistan National Human Development Report 2003, UNDP, Oxford University Press Karachi, 2003.
• Employment Generation, Poverty Alleviation and Growth in Pakistan's Rural Sector: Policies for Institutional Change. Report prepared for the International Labour Organization, Country Employment Policy Review (CEPR): Pakistan, March 1999.
• Overcoming Poverty, Report prepared as Chairman of the Task Force on Poverty Eradication, May 1997.
• Development Interventions for Small Manufacturing Enterprises using the Common Facilities Approach: An Evaluation with reference to CAMI/CFC, paper prepared for the Dutch Project CAMI, published by NDRC, Karachi in the Proceedings of the Workshop on Micro & Small Scale Enterprises Development in Pakistan, June 15, 1994.
• Poverty and Poverty Alleviation. Paper prepared in June 1992 as Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Poverty Alleviation, Committee on Economic and Social Well-being, for inclusion in the Eighth Five Year Plan, 1993-98.
• Resource Base Erosion and Sustainable Development in South Asia. Paper published in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXV No. 33, August 18, 1990. Also published in IUCN/CSE Report titled, Beyond Shifting Sands: The Environment in India and Pakistan, May 1994.
• Poverty Alleviation through Participatory People Centered Development Report for the Prime Minister's Consultative Committee and Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, March 1990.
• Rural Industrialization in Pakistan. Research Report submitted to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, May 1990, as member of the Prime Minister's Committee on Economic Policy.
• Small Scale is Beautiful, published in monthly Herald, August, 1989.
• Charismatic Leadership in Pakistan's Politics. Economic and Political Weekly, January 21, 1989.
• Sustainable Development and Regional Cooperation, South Asia Journal, Vol. 3, Nos. 1 and 2, 1989.
• Labour Absorption in Pakistan Rural Sector. Research Report for ILO/ARTEP, 1989. This study is an input into Pakistan Manpower and Employment Policy.
• Intra-provincial Rural-Urban Disparities. Research Report for NWFP Government, 1989.
• The Dialectic of Form: Is Pakistan's Economic Crisis Financial or Real? Published in the monthly Herald, October, 1988. Also published in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 24, No. 8, February 25, 1989, Bombay, India.
• Behind the Veil of Growth: The State of Pakistan's Economy. Paper presented at the UNESCO Regional Research Seminar, Bangkok, July 1987. Also published in monthly Herald, October 1988.
• The Karachi Riots of December 1986: Crisis of State and Civil Society in Pakistan, Paper read at the Kathmandu Conference of International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 15 - 17 December, 1987. Published in Economic and Political Weekly, Bombay, India.
• Pakistan's Development Experience under the Military Regime: Alternatives for the Future. Paper presented at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
• Economic Growth, Poverty and the Child. Paper presented at the Harvard Conference on "Who Speaks for the Child". Harvard Law School, Cambridge M.A. April 11 -12, 1986.
• The State and Causes of Rural Poverty in Pakistan. Paper read at the 18th World Conference on World Development, Rome, 1st to 4th July, 1985. Published under title: "Squeezed Out by Progress", Development: Seeds of Change No. 3, 1985, Rome.
• Akmal Hussain, Squeezed out by Progress, Development Society for International Development, Issue 3, 1985.
• Land Reforms in Pakistan: A Reconsideration. Published in the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars. January - March, 1984, Colorado, U.S.A. Also published in A. Alavi and J. Harris (eds): South Asia, Macmillan, London, 1989.
• Impact of Return Migration from the Middle East on Pakistan's Labour Market. Chapter in the ILO/ARTEP Report on Impact of Return Flow of Migrants on Pakistan's Economy, ILO/ARTEP July, 1984.
• Aspects of the Political Economy of Industrialization in China. Published in Pakistan Administration, a Journal of the Pakistan Administrative Staff College, Vol. XIX, July - December, 1982, No.2.
• Potential for Labour Absorption in Pakistan's Agriculture. Research Report for the Ministry of Urban Affairs, Government of Pakistan. This report forms part of the PEPAC study for the National Human Settlements Policy.
• Changes in Agrarian Structure and the Implications for the demand for Farm Labour. Research Report for the ILO/ARTEP. This study forms part of the ILO/ARTEP report for the Planning Commission titled: Employment and Structural Change - 1983.
• Multinational Corporations and Underdeveloped Countries. Published in Viewpoint, December 12, 1975.
• Capital Flows between Advanced Capitalist Countries and Underdeveloped Countries. Paper commissioned by the Federal Finance Minister in connection with the Special U.N. Session on Raw Material Producers, May, 1974.
• Arms Sales and the Oil Crisis. Paper read at the South Asian Institute, University of the Punjab, 1974. Published in The Journal of Research, University of the Punjab, 1974, Vol. 10, No. 2, July, 1975 and January, 1976.
• Contributed four chapters to the Pre-planning Report on Lesbela Mekran Region, prepared by PEPAC and submitted to the Prime Minister.
• Regional Inequalities and Capitalist Development: The Case of Pakistan. (Coauthor Naved Hamid). Published in Pakistan Economic and Social Review, Lahore, Special Issue, 1976.
• Foreign Aid and Development, Viewpoint, September 12, 1975. Paper read at the Ministry of Finance Post Budget Seminar, Islamabad, 1974.
• The Great Economic Debate. (Co-author Rashid Amjad). Paper read at the Ministry of Finance Seminar on Long Term Policy. Published in Pakistan Economist, April, 1974.

Books (Authored & Co-Authored) and Contributed Chapters

• Akmal Hussain, Pakistan, Institutional Instability and Underdevelopment: State, People and Consciousness, Folio Books, Lahore, 2023.
• Akmal Hussain, Strategic Issues in Pakistan's Economic Policy, Progressive Publishers, July 1988.
• Akmal Hussain, Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan, Vanguard Books Private Limited, Lahore, 1994.
• Wignaraja and Akmal Hussain (eds.), Challenge in South Asia: Development, Democracy and Regional Cooperation, Sage Publishers 1989. Also republished by Oxford University Press, December 1989.
• Akmal Hussain, Land Reforms in Pakistan - A Reconsideration, chapter in, Hamza Alavi and John Harris (eds.), South Asia, Macmillan, London 1989.
• Akmal Hussain, Technical Change and Social Polarization in Rural Punjab, Chapter in, K. Ali (ed.), The Political Economy of Rural Development, Vanguard, Lahore 1982.
• Akmal Hussain: Origins and Nature of the Crisis of the State. Chapter in, A. Khan (ed.), Islam, Politics and the State, Zed Press, London 1985.
• Akmal Hussain, Karachi Riots of December 1986: Crisis of State and Civil Society in Pakistan, Chapter in, Veena Das (ed.), Mirrors of Violence: Communities, Riots and Survivors in South Asia, Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 1990.
• Ponna Wignaraja, Akmal Hussain, G. Wignaraja and Sethi: Participatory Development: The Lessons of South Asian Experience, Oxford University Press, 1991.
• Mushahid Hussain, Akmal Hussain: Pakistan, Problems of Governance, published under the auspices of Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, Konark Publishers Private Limited, Delhi, India and Vanguard Books Private Limited, Lahore, 1993.
• Akmal Hussain, Poverty, Growth and Governance in South Asia, Chapter in, V.A. Pai Panandiker (ed.), Problems of Governance in South Asia, Konark Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 2000.
• Akmal Hussain, Terrorism, Development and Democracy: The Case of Pakistan, chapter in, Sridhar K. Khatri and Gert W. Kueck (eds.), Terrorism in South Asia: Impact on Development and Democratic Process, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo and Konard Adenauer Foundation, New Delhi, Shipra Publications, India, 2003.
• Akmal Hussain, et.al., Poverty, Growth and Governance, Pakistan National Human Development Report 2003, UNDP, Oxford University Press Karachi, 2003.
• Akmal Hussain: A Policy for Pro Poor Growth, chapter in: Towards Pro-Poor Growth Policies in Pakistan, A joint publication of UNDP-PIDE, 2004.
• Akmal Hussain, Susil Sirivardana and Ponna Wignaraja: Lessons for MacroMicro Policy, chapter jointly written in, Ponna Wignaraja and Susil Sirivardana (eds.), Pro-Poor Growth and Governance in South Asia: Decentralization and Participatory Development, SAGE Publications, New Delhi, 2004.
• Akmal Hussain, Imperialism, in, Syed Bashir Hussain, General Editor, Encyclopedia of Capitalism, Facts On File, Inc. New York, 2004.
• Akmal Hussain, Human Security, Economic Development and the Peace Process in South Asia, chapter in: Non-Traditional and Human Security in South Asia (A publication of Institute of Regional Studies based on Collection of papers presented at an International Seminar, Islamabad, 31 October-1 November 2006), PanGraphics (Pvt) Ltd, Islamabad, 2007.
• Akmal Hussain, A Vision for South Asia, chapter in, K.M. Seethi (ed.), Indian Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol. 1, No.1, January-June 2008, School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, 2008.
• Akmal Hussain, Power Dynamics, Institutional Instability and Economic Growth: The Case of Pakistan, The Asia Foundation, Islamabad, April 2008.
• Akmal Hussain, Poverty, Power and Economic Growth, South Asia Centre for Policy Studies, (Mimeo), 30th September 2008.
• Akmal Hussain, Pakistan’s Economy in Historical Perspective: Growth, Power and Poverty, chapter in, Wilson John (ed.), Pakistan: The Struggle Within, Observer Research Foundation, Pearson Longman, New Delhi, 2009.
• Akmal Hussain and Savail Hussain, Poverty, Power and Local Government in Pakistan, chapter in, Ponna Wignaraja, Akmal Hussain and Susil Sirivardana (eds.), Economic Democracy Through Pro Poor Growth, SAGE Publications, New Delhi, London and New York, 2009.
• Akmal Hussain, Participatory Development Praxis in Pakistan’s Punjab: A Case Study, chapter in, Ponna Wignaraja, Akmal Hussain and Susil Sirivardana (eds.), Economic Democracy Through Pro Poor Growth, SAGE Publications, New Delhi, 2009.
• Akmal Hussain, A Perspective on Peace and Economic Cooperation in South Asia, chapter in, Sadiq Ahmed, Saman Kelegama, Ejaz Ghani (ed.), Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia: Beyond SAFTA, The World Bank and SAGE Publications, New Delhi, 2010.
• Akmal Hussain, The Challenges and Drivers of Regionalism in South Asia: The India Pakistan Peace Process, chapter in, Rafiq Dossani, Daniel Sneider, Vikram Sood (ed.), Does South Asia Exist?: Prospects of Regional Integration, Stanford University, Shorenstein APARC, August 2010.
• Akmal Hussain, Economy, Green Revolution, Agrarian Structure and Land Reforms, Entries contributed to: Ayesha Jalal (ed), The Oxford Companion to Pakistani History, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2012.
• Akmal Hussain, Meeting the Challenge of Demographic Change through Equitable Development, chapter in, Zeba Sathar, Rabbi Royan, and John Bongaarts (ed), Capturing the Demographic Dividend in Pakistan, Population Council, Wiley and Blackwell, New York, 2013.
• Akmal Hussain, Institutions, Economic Growth and Participatory Development, chapter in Shahid Javed Burki and Rashid Amjad (ed), Pakistan: Moving the Economy Forward, Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, 2013.
• Akmal Hussain, Achieving Rapid Poverty Reduction through Inclusive Growth, paper contributed to Pakistan’s 11th Five Year Plan, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, 19 November 2013.
• Akmal Hussain, Economic Integration to Survive and Prosper Together: A Perspective from Pakistan, paper contributed to the Conference on South Asia Economic Integration: A Strategic and Economic Appraisal, organized by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, 10-12 June 2013. (To be published in the forthcoming collection of conference papers, RCSS).
• Akmal Hussain, The Planet in Peril and A Civilization in Crisis: Reviving a Sense of the Sacred, paper contributed to: Charles Ramsey and Dr. Amineh Ahmed Hoti (ed.), The ‘Other’ Gift: Pakistan, Diversity and the Quest for Peace, Forman Christian College University, Lahore. (Forthcoming).
• Akmal Hussain and Muchkund Dubey (ed), Democracy, Sustainable Development and Peace: New Perspectives on South Asia. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2014.
• Akmal Hussain with Muchkund Dubey, Contemporary Challenges and Civilizational Wellsprings, chapter in, Akmal Hussain and Muchkund Dubey (ed), Democracy, Sustainable Development and Peace: New Perspectives on South Asia. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2014.
• Akmal Hussain, Strengthening Democracy through Inclusive Growth, chapter in,
• Akmal Hussain and Muchkund Dubey (ed), Democracy, Sustainable Development and Peace: New Perspectives on South Asia. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2014.
• Akmal Hussain, A Perspective on Pakistan-India Relations: Power Dynamics, Democracy and Development, chapter in, Mallika Joseph and Happymon Jacob (ed), India’s Economic Growth: Opportunities and Challenges for the Region, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, 2014.
• Akmal Hussain, The Eternal In the Ephemeral, Photographs by Akmal Hussain, Topical Printers, Lahore, 2014.
• Akmal Hussain, Achieving Rapid Poverty Reduction through Inclusive Growth, chapter contributed to the Annual Report 2014 on the State of the Economy, Institute of Public Policy, Lahore, 2014.
• Akmal Hussain, The Planet in Peril and a Civilization in Crisis: Reviving a Sense of the Sacred, chapter in, The Sacredness of Creation: Spiritual Responsibility of Muslims and Christians to Care for Our Common Home – Planet Earth, Christian W. Troll and Liam O’Callaghan (ed.), Multimedia Affairs, Lahore, 2015.
• Akmal Hussain, South Asian Cooperation: Towards a Humane World, Chapter in Rajiv Kumar and Omita Goyal (eds.), Thirty Years of SAARC: Society, Culture and Development, Sage Publications India, New Delhi, 2016.
• Akmal Hussain, Capitalism, Consciousness and Development, chapter in, Ananya Ghosh Dastidar, Rajeev Malhotra and Vivek Suneja (ed), “Development Policy in a Globalized World: Recent Trends, Theories and Lessons”, Routledge, 2018.

Research Reports for the Following National and International Organizations

• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• International Labour Organization
• Swiss Development Corporation
• Government of the Netherlands and Small Industries Corporation, Government of Pakistan.
• National Development Finance Corporation, Pakistan
• Ministry of Environment and Urban Affairs, Pakistan
• Planning Commission, Pakistan
• Government of the N.W.F.P
• CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency).
• The Asia Foundation

• Interviewed by international media outlets including BBC Television, Pakistan Television, Doordarshan (Indian Television), Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Radio), Radio Voice of Germany, and NDTV.
• Biography included in Marquis Who's Who in the World (1989, 1990, 1991-92), Men of Achievement (1990-91), and International Who's Who of Intellectuals (1992), published by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England.
• Award of Appreciation by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) for valued contribution to the 6th South Asia Economic Summit, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2013).

• Email Address: akmal.hussain@bnu.edu.pk
• Extension Number: 332

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