Autor: Moneer Alam

Moneer Alam, has a Ph D in manpower planning and forecasting, is a professor of economics and the head of the Population Research Centre at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. Professor Alam’s research interests are the linkages between occupation and education, labour market issues, health financing, and the economic and health issues of ageing in India and South Asia. He has published many books and a number of articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals. He consults with multilateral organisations (WHO, ILO, UNFPA) and serves on committees, boards and working groups (the Senior Citizens’ Council, the Government of Delhi; the Committee on Social Security, the Committee on Health Care Financing including Health Insurance, the Planning Commission, the Eleventh Five-Year Plan; and the Scientific Committee on Ageing in Developing Countries, IUSSP). He is a founder-member of the Asian Population Association and a life member of the Indian Econometric Society, the Indian Labour Economics Society and the Indian Association for the Study of Population.