His most cited works include research publications on unemployment, development economics, interest rates and the pure theory of international trade.

[4] Dr Naqvi worked together with Dr. Keenan and Pech on Dynamic Tariff and Quota Retaliation in Markov Perfect Equilibrium.

[6][7] From 1999 till 2000 he consulted the World Bank in Johannesburg on economic development theories for several Sub-Saharan countries, including Lesotho and South African Republic.

[8] After the World Bank, Dr Naqvi pursued an academic career as a full-time professor in United States and Bulgaria, Germany and Kazakhstan.

As of 2015 during his tenure in Kazakhstan Dr Naqvi is carrying out research on post-crises structural transformations of the economies significantly dependent on exports of petroleum and natural gas.