economics. He has served as a consultant to a number of corporations and organizations, including the Ford Foundation, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, several governmental agencies and foreign governments, and the United Nations Agencies Association. Publications Nadiri has had more than 100 papers published in leading professional journals and several books on productivity, technological change and economic growth. Senior Economic Advisor to the President (SEAP) Nadiri served as the Senior Economic Advisor to the President of Afghanistan (SEAP) from 2005-08. He also served as Chairman of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) and Co-Chair of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB). As the SEAP, Nadiri was responsible for the preparation and publication of many of the most important documents relating to development of Afghanistan, including the Interim-ANDS, the Progress Report on Preparation of the ANDS, the ANDS, the Afghanistan Compact, Afghanistan’s Millennium Development Goals Report, and Reports to the JCMB. Nadiri also helped raise $32 Billion in pledges of support from the international community for the development of Afghanistan at conferences in London and Paris. Bibliography References External links The New York Times: Rebuilding a Ravaged Land, Op-Ed, Nov. 26, 2001 Newshour with Jim Lehrer: Securing Afghanistan, April 18, 2002 Reuters AlertNet Interview, April 23, 2007 Afghan economists American economists New York University faculty 1935 births Living people