GTI Forum
Tariq Banuri
Tariq Banuri is an independent scholar of the political economy of development, sustainability, and climate change, and an Associate Fellow at Tellus Institute. From May 2018 to 2022, he was Chairman of Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission (HEC), where he introduced numerous reforms. Previously, he served as Professor of Economics at the University of Utah, Director of the Division of Sustainable Development at the United Nations, and the founding Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute Islamabad. He has contributed to the design of several national institutions and international networks and served on key policy and research entities and UN Committees. He holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University.
Selected Publications
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August 2003
This founding proposal of the Great Transition Initiative laid out GTI’s original aims: to involve an expanding group of engaged thinkers and thoughtful activists in an exploration of ways to envision and crystallize a transition to a future of hope. The document describes the motivation for GTI and proposes tasks for launching the process. It was shaped by the comments of scores of GTI endorsers worldwide, representing the concerns of North and South, environment and justice, peace and liberty, and reflecting the diversity that is the bedrock of the Initiative.
Other Key Docs
April 2002
Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead examines the possibilities for a sustainable and desirable world. The essay describes the historic roots, future perils, and alternative pathways for world development and advances the Great Transition path as the preferred route, identifying strategies, global actors, and values for a new agenda.
