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Dr. Li administers education projects on primary schools, secondary schools, and skill development programs. As an economist, he has been involved in research projects covering fiscal policy, infrastructure investment, social sector development, and impact evaluation. Dr. Li’s research has been published in international journals, including Journal of Urban Economics, Journal

Finance minister thanks ADB for prompt assistance in tackling pandemic

Rafayil is spearheading energy reform and corporate restructuring advisory for state-owned public utilities in the Pacific states. Additionally, he is leading regional advisory and support program for building regulatory capacity in the region. Prior to Pacific operations, he was in charge of corporate transformation and restructuring for state owned electricity and gas

Before joining ADB, Duc Tran worked at the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, National Bank of Poland, and CoinFi. His current work focuses on country partnership strategy, regional economic development program, transport, and technical assistance related to international trade and digital technology for Central Asia and the Caucasus. He holds an M.P.A. in

Carmen has 6+ years of experience in development projects and programs in the areas of international trade and investment, tourism development, institutional development, and disaster risk financing in developing countries. She holds a master’s degree in international business management from the Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX). In 2017, she joined ADB as a secondee

Sohail is a firm believer that the solution to climate change lies in new technology, and has applied new technology to many ADB projects as an energy specialist since 2001 in Afghanistan, Cambodia, PRC, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Mongolia, among other Asian countries. With an academic background in engineering, business and entrepreneurship, before joining ADB he worked

Lilia Aleksanyan is an Economist at ADB’s Central and West Asia Department. Before joining ADB, she worked at the French Ministry of Finance, Banque de France and taught at Sciences Po as well as the University of the Philippines. Her current work focuses on macroeconomic outlook analysis, policy advice and technical assistance related to international trade and economic

Mr. Liepach oversees the definition and execution of the departmental strategy and business plan, as well as the day-to-day management of operations of the department. He is responsible for overseeing ADB’s regional portfolio. Prior to his appointment as Director General, Mr. Liepach was Deputy Director General, and Senior Advisor in CWRD. He was ADB’s Country Director for

Guntur has published a significant number of papers on a wide range of development issues, such as competitiveness, investment, tourism economics, labor markets, poverty, CGE modeling, trade liberalization, taxation, commodity prices, biofuel and food security, education, infrastructure, fragility, and migration. Before joining ADB in 2004, he worked for the universities of

Ramola works on ADB’s Livable Cities initiative supporting key operational priorities for implementation of Strategy 2030. She is leading urban development lending and technical assistance programs on livable cities, green cities, urban infrastructure and services, tourism and regional cooperation. She has authored several publications including Creating Livable Cities: