Rashid S. Kaukab is a Senior Specialist in Trade and Sustainable Development at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). He is also a Senior Fellow at the Diplo Academy in Geneva and lectures at the International Institute in Geneva (IIG).
Mr. Kaukab has extensive experience in international trade and development policy. He previously served in the Government of Pakistan, including as Counsellor on trade and economic issues at Pakistan’s Mission to the UN and WTO in Geneva. He has also held senior positions at the South Centre (1998–2007), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (2007), and CUTS International Geneva (2008–2023).
His research and publications focus on trade and sustainable development, the environment and climate change, digital trade, and global economic governance.