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Survey Coordinator

Zia-Ul-Haque Khan

Survey Coordinator at Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC)

Professional Experience:

Survey Research and Data Collection

More than twenty five years in the field of survey research (Social & Marketing) and data collection. (All over the Pakistan) During this period completed more than 50 research projects related to variety of subjects like health, employment, media, environment, polities, foreign affairs, Metropolitan Resource Mobilization Study, Karachi Master Plan: 1986-2000, Child labour & Family Life in Karachi, Trade Unions and Democracy in Pakistan, Socio-economic Impact of Privatization and Downsizing of Industries, Education, Family Planning Services, Pakistan People’s Security Survey for ILO Geneva, Survey of Local Body election for “PATTAN” development organization Islamabad , Enterprise Labour Flexibility Survey for ILO, Geneva. Multiple indicator cluster survey, Gender aspects of Labor laws, Third Party Validation Project (Fast), Third Party Validation Project (Extensive), Socio-economic Characteristic of Female-headed Households in Pakistan, Impact of Conflict on Household Welfare, Gender Dimensions of Social Safety Nets, Rapid Assessment of Flood Damage in Government Schools of Sindh (Telephonic Survey), The Socio-Economic Cost of Violence Against Women, Gender Dimensions of Development Induced Displacement and Resettlement (A Case of Lyari Expressway in Karachi), Gender Issues in Rural Non-Farm Employment, Socio-Economic Impact of 2010 Flood In District Thatta (Sihdh), National Survey Intended for Gathering Public Perception Regarding Social Services CRC ( Citizen Report Card) etc.

Survey Coordinator

Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC)

Form, January/17/ 2008 to date

The Social Policy and Development Centre established in 1995, SPDC, a non-profit research think tank, has made a significant intellectual contribution in placing issues of pro-poor growth and social development on Pakistan's policy-making agenda. With a focus on issues of development, poverty, inequality, governance, social sector policies, climate, gender issues, and pro-poor macro-economic policy, it contributes to the national goal of social development through research, policy advice, and advocacy. The Centre was ranked by the University of Pennsylvania as the top research think tank of Pakistan and 22nd in Asia / Pacific for two consecutive years (2012 and 2013)

SPDC is non-partisan and relies on its independence and the quality of its research to make notable contributions to national policymaking. It also collaborates and cooperates with organizations working on issues relevant to its mandate both at home and abroad and is a partner with several national and international networks on social and economic issues. Determining its own agenda SPDC has successfully maintained a balance between responsive and proactive social sector research.

SPDC’s capability and capacity as a premier policy analysis institute is reflected by the nomination of its key staff members to more than 30 commissions, committees, task forces and other forums established by federal and provincial governments over the last two decades. Furthermore, it has worked on various aspects of poverty, inequality, and pro-poor growth that include definitional issues in estimating poverty line, other dynamics of poverty and inequality, poverty trends, poverty at sub-national levels, poverty and inequality nexus, social development and economic growth, social safety nets and regional inequalities. With some seven hundred plus publications to its credit SPDC provided technical assistance to the federal and provincial governments in the formulation of NFC Award of 1996, besides preparing studies/reports on provincial/ local finances and social service delivery. Moreover, in Pakistan, SPDC pioneered specialized training on Gender Responsive Budgeting, whereas, internationally, technical assistance was provided to the Government of Eritrea in developing the capacity of the National Statistics and Evaluation Office, for developing the Living Standards Measurement Survey tools and Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy paper.

I am responsible for playing role in designing survey questionnaires, planning survey field work, hiring and training survey staff, and overall survey supervision in all over the Pakistan. I’m also responsible for designing editing and coding books supervision of all the process of editing and coding as well as data entry, data cleaning.

Project Coordinator

Opinion Research Group.

From, March 2005 to, December 2007

ORG was a medium size marketing and social research agency.

I was responsible for all financial issues of projects, playing lead role in designing survey questionnaires, planning survey field work, hiring and training survey staff, and overall survey supervision in all over the Pakistan. I’m also responsible for designing editing and coding books supervision of all process of editing and coding as well as data entry, data cleaning.

Project Coordinator

Pakistan Medico International

From, December 2001 to, Feb, 2005

This institution is working on health issues in different areas of Karachi

I was working on Pak aged project; I was responsible for selection of deserving elder people (Age 60 and over) for free medical facilities. For assist me they had given me team of six surveyors.

Team leader, enumerator

Pakistan Institute of Labor Education and Research –Karachi (PILER)

The Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research (PILER) was founded on 1 May 1982 by a group of concerned individuals from the trade union movement, academia and various other professions. PILER is registered as a ‘not for profit’ company under Section 42 of the Companies Ordinance. Earlier it was registered under the Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies (Registration and Control) Ordinance 1961.

In 1988, PILER established a formally designed research and training programme with regular workshops, courses and advocacy activities. PILER opened its branch office in Lahore in 1992 to make its education, training and advocacy programmes accessible to workers in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The year 2000 was a landmark in the organisation’s institutional history as PILER shifted from a small rented office to its own custom-designed building constructed on 2,385 square yards of land. Equipped with a hostel, conference hall, library, board meeting room, common room and dining hall, the spacious office—designed by the PILER’s friend and well-known architect-activist-urban planner Arif Hasan—was built with the generous financial support from Stichting De Zaaier as well as contributions from PILER’s international partners, local philanthropists, friends and well-wishers.

I worked for PILER on different times on different projects such as PILER-SEBCON Joint survey on Child Labour, Pakistan People’s Survey for ILO, Geneva, Socio-economic Impact of Privatization and Downsizing of Industries PILER-Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Joint survey project, Enterprise Labour Flexibility Survey For ILO Geneva, Child Labor and Family life in Karachi, Trade Unions and Democracy in Pakistan etc.

Team leader, enumerator

Saar Development Research Center Lahore

I worked on the project namely Corporate Social Responsibility and Development in Pakistan.

Team leader

PATTAN Development Organization

Pattan was established in the wake of the 1992 disastrous floods, to reduce the susceptibility of riverine communities to intermittent destructive flooding through community based development work.

I worked for PATTAN on Local Body election project.

Supervisor

Sindh Bureau of Statistics Planning & Development.

MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY (MICS)

My responsibilities were to supervision of team of enumerators in Jamsheed town and Saddar town.

Project Coordinator

Health Education and Literacy Program

HELP is a non-government, Community Based Primary Health Care and Education Programme working in various Katchi Abadies of Karachi and Sanghar and has tax exemption status. HELP comprises of professionals including doctors, social workers, chartered accountants, and lawyers, committed to the development of Primary Health Care.

Enumerator

APPLIED ECONOMICS RESEARCH CENTER (University of Karachi)

I worked for AERC on two different projects namely; Karachi Master Plan 1986 - 2000 and Metropolitan Resource Mobilization Study.

Education

M.Phil (Economics) 2005 (University of Sindh)

Topic of research, “Socio Economic Causes of Dropout in Primary Education Special Focus on Orangi Township”

Currently I’m pursuing my Ph.D. The title of my research is “The Role of Micro Credit in Poverty Reduction, a Case Study of Orangi Town Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, (Two Seminars has already been given)

Date of birth : 31/03/1964

Address : A/18 Block “N” Street, Number “4”

North Nazimabad Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

Cell Number : 0334-3604576

E-mail

zia.khan2008@gmail.com

zia.khan2008@yahoo.com

zia.khan2008@hotmail.com

References:

Shrafat Ali

Program Manager

Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research