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Karen is currently working as a consultant at the ADB’s Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department. Prior to joining ADB, she worked as Statistician involved in production of official economic statistics at the Philippine Statistics Authority. She holds a master’s degree in Economics from the Tokyo International University in Japan.

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The Philippines and other Asia-Pacific economies reliant on remittances must implement policy reforms and boost digitalization efforts to ensure that money sent from abroad will remain strong and resilient despite the pandemic, according to the Asian Development Bank.

Dr. Yongping Zhai worked on energy development in Asia and Africa for 25 years. He was in charge of overall energy policy coordination and technical support to ADB energy sector operations. He was also in charge of developing energy sector knowledge work for ADB and interacts with worldwide energy sector partners.

Sunniya is a labor economist with over 20 years of international experience covering country strategies, sector analysis, and management of projects in both the public and private sectors. She leads a team of 50 staff and consultants to deliver projects for infrastructure development, education and skills training as well as natural resource management within the context of

Seungduck Kim works on the energy projects in the energy division of the Central and West Asia Department. He brings more than 15 years’ experience in a wide range of energy sector operations from renewable energy, conventional generation, hydropower, energy efficiency to power transmission and distribution across Asia and Middle East regions. His recent professional interest

He interned at the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in Tokyo and worked on ADBI's T20 policy papers for healthcare and pension funds improvement within the G20 countries under Capacity Building and Training team. Prior to pursuing his Masters, he was a policy researcher at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York City,

Pitchaya’s expertise is international economics and finance, specializing in regional economic integration and financial cooperation as well as bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements, development of financial markets, and international/ transnational investment. Prior to joining ADBI in 2018, Pitchaya was an assistant director and the head of finance integration

Tina has worked for the Asian Development Bank and World Health Organization, and on projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Her assignments over the past 25 years have focused on health systems, climate change preparedness, regional integration, post-conflict recovery, and economic development and policy, among others. She has designed multi-country

Economies in Asia-Pacific need to overhaul their energy sector to address the worsening impact of climate change, the Asian Development Bank said.