Founder:

The Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre was founded by the late Dr. Mahbub ul Haq. During his lifetime, Dr. Haq served in many distinguished policy positions, including Finance and Planning Minister of Pakistan (1982-8), Director of the Policy Planning Department in the World Bank (1970-82), and Special Adviser to UNDP Administrator. He is the founder and chief architect of UNDP’s world-renowned Human Development Reports. His major publications include The Strategy of Economic Planning (1963), The Poverty Curtain (1976), and Reflections on Human Development (1995).
 

President:

The Centre’s President is Mrs. Khadija Haq. She is also the current Chairperson of the North-South Roundtable, an influential global policy dialogue forum. She was the Senior Adviser on Education to UNICEF from 1989-95 and has held senior positions in several prestigious research institutions. She has edited and authored many publications, including Dialogue for a New Order (1980), Adjustment with Growth (1984), Managing Human Development (1987), and Development for People (1989).

 
Research Team:

The research staff of the Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre consists of a core group of bright, young scholars, with training in economics and related disciplines from some of the most reputed universities in Pakistan and abroad.

 
Research Facilities:

The Centre’s library consists of over 2,000 volumes on economic, social, and political issues, with a special focus on the South Asian region. The Centre has developed an extensive regional database, containing disaggregated data on a wide range of economic and human development indicators.

 
Intellectual Network:

MHHDC has established an intellectual network with prominent research institutions throughout the SAARC region. The Centre works closely with UNDP, particularly with the Human Development Report Office (New York), Asia and Pacific Bureau (New York), and UNDP field offices in the SAARC nations.

MHHDC Staff:

Founder

Dr. Mahbub ul Haq

President

Khadija Haq

Executive Director

Dr. Faisal Bari

Office Manager

Malia Asim

Current Research Staff:

Research Fellows:

Feyza Arman Bhatti (M.S. Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC, Turkey)

Research Interests: Gender and Development, HIV/AIDS, Labour Laws.

Umara Afsar (M.Sc. Economics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Pakistan)

Research Interests: Social Policy, Human Rights, Education and Development.

Farah Mueen Dar (M. Sc. Economics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Pakistan)

Research Interests: Development Economics and Environmental Economics.

Visiting Research Fellows:

Muhammad Daud Munir (Bowdoin College, USA)

Research Interests: Ethics and Human Development.

IT Specialist

Taha Mustafa
 
 

Board of Governors
 
Shahid Javed Burki,  Sahabzada Yaqub Khan,  Amir Mohammed,  Moeen Qureshi,  Saeed Qureshi,   Farid Rahman,  Nafis Sadik,  Qaiser Ahmed Shaikh
 

 
Board of Advisors
 
Sartaj Aziz (Pakistan),  Fateh Chaudhri (Pakistan),  Lord Meghnad Desai (UK),  Parvez Hasan (Pakistan),  Enrique Iglesias (Uruguay),  Attiya Inayatullah (Pakistan),  Javed Jabbar (Pakistan),  Devaki Jain (India),  A. R. Kemal (Pakistan),  Gustav Ranis (USA), Wasim Sajjad (Pakistan),  Frances Stewart (UK),  Paul Streeten (UK), Maurice Strong (Canada)