Former Director of World Bank, USA

Khalid Ikram held a number of senior positions in the Government of Pakistan and the World Bank, and as an international consultant. He headed the international economics division in the Pakistan Planning Commission (the Ministry of Planning) dealing with strategies relating to export and import trade, foreign exchange, external assistance, and foreign debt. In the World Bank, he was responsible for the analytical work on, and policy-based lending to, several Middle East and East Asian countries (among them Egypt, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia).

As an international consultant, Ikram has advised governments and think-tanks on economic strategy and poverty reduction policies; his consultancies include the governments of Egypt, Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), Germany’s aid ministry (GTZ), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, the Competitiveness Support Fund, J. E. Austin, Adam Smith International, the Oxford Policy Management Group, Cambridge Economists, and others. Ikram holds an MA in economics from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in economics from Harvard University. He is the author of a number of books, monographs, and articles on development strategies and policies in Egypt, Pakistan, and East Asian countries. Khalid Ikram was awarded the Korean President’s medal for services to Korean development.