Abid Amiri is an Afghan American currently working as an economist in Washington, DC. He was the policy director for the Ministry of Finance in Afghanistan between 2016 and 2018. Prior to joining the Policy Department, he was an economic advisor to the Minister of Finance, Eklil Hakimi. Amiri has a wide range of domestic and international work experience in the development sector. He worked as the economic affairs officer for the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington between 2012 and 2014. Moreover, he has worked for a number of nonprofit organizations based in Washington and Afghanistan.

 

Abid Amiri holds a master’s degree in international development studies from George Washington University in Washington and a bachelor’s degree in economics and global studies from St. Lawrence University in New York. He has a number of publications including his work on Road Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Cure or a Curse? (2013) and a 2010 article on unemployment in Afghanistan in the Global Journal. Abid Amiri is fluent in Pashto, Dari, and English.