Thursday, January 28, 2015 | 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
EastWest Institute | 11 East 26th St., 20th Fl., New York, NY 10010

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Khalid Malik, former director of the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Progamme (UNDP), will be addressing some of the factors that drive the violent extremism of ISIS, Al Qaeda and the various splinter groups that have grown in number, evident in the most recent terrorist attacks in France, which left 17 people dead and riveted worldwide attention.

Malik will discuss how a scarcity of resources like food and water, as well as development issues like jobs and education, are driving the appeal and recruitment of these groups. 

Khalid Malik, of Pakistan, served as special advisor with the UNDP Partnerships Bureau, after completing his assignment early last year as UN RC/RR China. Before that he was director of the UNDP Evaluation Office and UN Representative, UNRC/UNDP RR in Uzbekistan. Earlier, Malik held both positions in UNDP as senior economist in the Africa Bureau and programme management positions in Asia and in the Caribbean.

Prior to joining the United Nations System, Malik carried out research and teaching at Pembroke College, Oxford and at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics in Islamabad. Malik did post-graduate research at Oxford University. He also holds an MA in Economics from Essex University, an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and a BA in Economics/Statistics from Punjab University.

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