Abid Aman Burki is an economist, policy analyst and an adjunct Professor of Economics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He has been a regular faculty member of LUMS Economics Department from 2002 to 2021, most recently as Professor of Economics. He has also held various administrative positions at LUMS, including Graduate Program Director, Economics (2002–2020), and Director of Centre for Management and Economic Research (2003–2010). Prior to joining LUMS, he has been a professor (1999–2002) and Head of Economics Department (2000–2002) at the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) where he has also held other academic positions since 1985. Dr. Burki has also taught at Kansas State University and BZ University.
His teaching interests lie in the areas of applied micro econometrics, economics of poverty & income distribution, agriculture & food policy, and development economics. His teaching philosophy is to impart laboratory learning to students in applied research and policy making by relying on a combination of home-works, heavy dependence on IT labs, tutorials, and individual research projects. His courses provide hands-on training on management and use of large data sets (household surveys, labor force survey, MICS) and computational skills.
His current research areas are in technical efficiency and productivity, dairy sector, health sector, agriculture sector, industrial sector, and inequality and poverty. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles, book chapters and professional reports. His academic research has appeared in World Development, Energy Economics, Applied Economics, Journal of Economics & Business, Land Use Policy, Journal of Development Effectiveness, Economics Bulletin, Pakistan Development Review, and other journals. He has supervised four PhDs, and 90 MPhil and master’s theses. He serves on several high-level committees and taskforces of the government and is also a referee for numerous academic journals. Since 2019, he is also Chairperson of the Board of Directors of AGAHE Pakistan.
He has received several research grants and has been a consultant to Government of Pakistan, World Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO, IFPRI, BISP, Water Aid, JICA, Nestle Pakistan, Tetra Pak Pakistan, Indus Motor Company, GIZ, Oxfam, IGC, among others. He is co-author of numerous reports, including From Swimming in Sand to High and Sustainable Growth (2022), World Bank Group; Relative Importance of Risk Factors of Stunting, Underweight and Wasting in Under Five Children in Punjab (2022), UNICEF & Punjab Bureau of Statistics; Unlocking Potential to Close the Yield Gap of Dairy Farms in Punjab, Pakistan (2020), Tetra Pak Pakistan; Exploring the Extent of Selected Dimensions of Inequality in Pakistan (2020), Oxfam; Economic Impact of Pakistan’s Dairy Sector: Lessons for Building Sustainable Value (2019), Tetra Pak Pakistan; Access to Quality Health Services at Public Facilities and Healthcare Financing in Pakistan (2019), Oxfam; Impact Assessment of Microfinance in Pakistan (2018), Pakistan Microfinance Network (PMN); Identification of Contributing Factors for Alarmingly High Wasting Rates in Certain Districts of Punjab (2018), UNICEF; Out-of-School Children in the Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh Provinces of Pakistan (2013), UNICEF; Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Pakistan (2013), UNICEF; Industrial Policy, its Spatial Aspects and Cluster Development in Pakistan (2012), Ministry of Industries & Production, Islamabad. He holds a PhD in Economics from Kansas State University and is the recipient of the 2001 President of Pakistan’s academic distinction award Izaz-i-Fazeelat.
Burki, A. (2021). Using measures of efficiency for regionally targeted smallholder policy intervention: The case of Pakistan's horticulture sector. Land Use Policy, 101, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3488010.
Ahmad, S. & Burki, A. (2016). Banking Deregulation and Allocative Efficiency in Pakistan. Applied Economics, 48 (13), 1182-1196.
Burki, A. (In Press 2015). Group-Based BDS Matching Grants and Farm-level Outcomes in Pakistan. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 7 (1), 43-63.
Burki, A., Khan, M. & Malik, S. (2015). From Chronic Disease to Food Poverty: Evidence from Pakistan. Pakistan Development Review, 54 (1), 17-33.
Jung, H., Burki, A. & Khan, M. (2012). Supply of Dairy Products in Developing Countries. Economics Bulletin, 32 (4), 3213-3223.
Burki, A. & Khan, M. (2011). Formal Participation in a Milk Supply Chain and Technical Inefficiency of Smallholder Dairy Farms in Pakistan. Pakistan Development Review, 50 (1), 63-81.
Burki, A. & Ahmad, S. (2011). The Impact of Bank Governance on Bank Performance in Pakistan. Lahore Journal of Economics, 16, 271-300.
Burki, A. & Ahmad, S. (2010). Bank Governance Changes in Developing Countries: Is There a Performance Effect?. Journal of Economics and Business, 62 (2), 129-146.
Burki, A. & Niazi, G. (2010). Impact of Financial Reforms on Efficiency of State-owned, Private and Foreign Banks in Pakistan. Applied Economics, 42 (24), 3147-3160.
Burki, A. & Khan, M. (2004). Effects of Allocative Inefficiency on Resource Allocation and Energy Substitution in Pakistan's Manufacturing. Energy Economics, 26 (3), 371-388.
Burki, A., Khan, M. & Bari, F. (2004). The State of Pakistan's Dairy Sector: An Assessment. Pakistan. Pakistan Development Review, 43 (2), 149-174.
Burki, A. & Aslam, S. (2000). The Role of Digital Technology and Regulations in the Diffusion of Mobile Phones in Asia. Pakistan Development Review, 39 (4), 741-748.
Khan, M. & Burki, A. (2000). Estimating Allocative Efficiency and Elasticities of Substitution in the Large-scale Manufacturing Sector of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, 16 (1&2), 49-63.
Ali, C., Ahmad, E., Burki, A. & Khan & Khan, M. (1999). Industrial Sector Input Demand Responsiveness and Policy Interventions.. Pakistan Development Review, 38 (4), 1083-1099.
Burki, A. (1999). Efficiency Wages in Pakistan's Small Scale Manufacturing. Lahore Journal of Economics, 4 (1), 1-22.
Khan, M. & Burki, A. (1999). Technical Change and Substitution Possibilities in Pakistn's Large-scale Manufacturing: Some New Evidence. Pakistan Economic and Social Review, 37 (2), 123-138.
Burki, A. & Shah, H. (1998). Stochastic Frontier and Technical Efficiency of Farms in Irrigated Areas of Pakistan's Punjab.. Pakistan Development Review, 37 (3), 275-291.
Burki, A. & Fasih, T. (1998). Household's Non-leisure Time Allocation for Children and Determinants of Child Labour in Pakistan.. Pakistan Development Review, 34 (4), 899-914.
Burki, A. & Terrell, D. (1998). Measuring Production Efficiency of Small Firms in Pakistan. World Development, 26 (1), 155-169.
Burki, A., Khan, M. & Bratsberg, B. (1997). Parametric Tests of Allocative Efficiency in the Manufacturing Sectors of India and Pakistan. Applied Economics, 29 (1), 11-22.
Burki, A. (1997). Estimating Consumer Preferences for Food Using Time Series Data of Pakistan. Pakistan Development Review, 36 (2), 131-153.
Burki, A. & Afaqi, U. (1996). Pakistan's Informal Sector: Review of Evidence and Policy Issues. Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, 12 (1), 1-30.
Burki, A. (1995). Review of Efficiency Wage Models of Labor Market: Theory and Evidence. Asia-Pacific Development Journal, 2 (2), 73-90.
Burki, A. & Iqbal, N. (1994). Review of Agricultural Pricing Policies in Pakistan: The Choice for a Just Price. Asia-Pacific Development Journal, 1 (2), 91-105.
Burki, A. & Iqbal, Q. (1991). Earnings Functions in Pakistan's Urban Informal Sector: A Case Study.. Pakistan Development Review, 30 (4), 695-703.
Burki, A. (1989). Economic Regulation and the Consequences of Regulatory Reforms in Motor Carrier Industry in the U.S. Pakistan Journal of American Studies, 7 (1), 48-62.
Burki, A. (1986). Utilitarianism of J.S. Mill: A Criticism. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 12, 109-118.
Seyyed, F., Burki, A. & Ashfaq, H. (2018). Corporate Dairy Farm: Performance Evaluation & Feasibility Analysis, Accepted. Case Research Center, Lahore University of Management Sciences,CRC Number 02-647-2018-1.
Burki, A. & Hussain, S. (2009). Services Trade Negotiations in the Doha Round: Opportunities and Risks for Pakistan, Published. M. Mazhar Iqbal and M. Idrees (Eds.), Trade and Economic Growth Linkages, (pp. 1-32), Quaid-i-Azam University.
Burki, A. & Khan, M. (2009). Impact of Higher Wheat Prices on Poverty in Pakistan: Futuristic of Food Security, Published. M. Ifran & H.M. Yasin (Eds.), Socio-economic Challenges Faced by Pakistan, (pp. 165–184), International Islamic University.
Burki, A., Khan, M. & Hussain, S. (2007). Pakistan and India: Possibilities and Implications for Trade in Agriculture Sectors with Focus on Wheat and Sugar, Published. Zareen F. Naqvi and Philip Schuler (Eds.), The Challenges and Potential of Pakistan-India Trade, (pp. 101–118), World Bank, Washington.
Burki, A. & Dashti, I. (2003). Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Kuwait and Need for Regulatory Reforms, Published. I. Limam (Eds.), Challenges and Reforms of Economic Regulations in MENA Countries, (pp. 159-171), The American University in Cairo Press.
Burki, A. & Shahnaz, L. (2002). An Empirical Analysis of Child Labour and Child Schooling in Rural and Urban Areas of Pakistan, Published. Population Association of Pakistan (Eds.), Pakistan's Population Stabilization Prospects, Population Association of Pakistan.
Burki, A. (1999). Economy: Distortions in Pakistani Economy, Published. Arno Keller (Eds.), Pakistani Reality: A Liberal Analysis, Liberal Forum Pakistan.
Burki, A. (1993). Returns to Human Capital in the Informal Sector: Some Evidence, Published. Sabur Ghayur (Eds.), The Informal Sector of Pakistan: Problems and Policies, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
Burki, A. (1989). Development Strategies and the Employment Problem in Pakistan, Published. S.N. Hyder (Eds.), Employment Issues in Pakistan: Review of Some Evidences, (pp. 1-17), Pakistan Manpower Institute.
Burki, A., Azim, P. & Chaudhry, M. (1989). Higher Education and its Access to Different Socio-economic Groups in Pakistan, Published. S.N. Hyder (Eds.), Human Resource Development and Utilization: Issues and Policies, Pakistan Manpower Institute.