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Current responsibilities include conducting economic research and reviewing project economic analysis. Prior to joining ADB in 2017, he worked as Impact Assessment Specialist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in 2011-2017. He worked as Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo, Japan, in 2002-2011 and was a consultant at

Maleeha is currently working as an Operations Analyst at the Economic Unit at ADB’s Pakistan Resident Mission. Since joining ADB PRM in February 2021, she has contributed to ADB’s flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook 2021, and a few other knowledge products. Maleeha has experience working in the corporate sector, the development sector, as well as academia. She

Mitali advises ADB’s India Resident Mission and supports the Economics team in undertaking in-depth socio-economic studies to aid knowledge and operational work in India. She has worked on economic corridors, strengthening micro and small business development, skill development, and social protection programs at ADB. Mitali also has extensive research experience on women’s

Her primary research interests are on agricultural and aquacultural production and marketing, globalization of food systems, and industrial development. In the past decade, she has studied extensively on the development of the shrimp sector in Vietnam. She was among the founding board members of the Japanese Association for Development Economics and as an editorial board

Mr. Ra is Chair of the Education Sector Group in ADB. Since joining ADB in 2001, he worked as Director, Pacific Strategy and Special Operations, Pacific Department, Senior Advisor to the Managing Director General, and Deputy Country Director for Bangladesh and Nepal Country Offices. Prior to ADB, he has a broad range of experience working with public and private entities such

An anthropologist, international development expert and civil engineer, Ritu works on gender analytical aspects of development projects in the Pacific. She has led several strategic knowledge papers on gender issues in Kiribati, Tonga, Samoa, the Marshall Islands, and the Pacific Islands, as well as ADB’s first innovation marketplace session on Wellbeing and Degrowth: Moving

Prabhjot works in ADB's Gender Equity Thematic Group and provides support for the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the ADB Policy on Gender and Development and Strategy 2030’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Operational Plan, 2019-2024. She has many years of experience in mainstreaming gender into programs and projects in infrastructure sectors such as

Kosintr is a member of the ADB secretariat, which supports the ASEAN+3 Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI), which was established by the ASEAN+3 governments. Kosintr currently leads the ABMI's sustainable finance initiatives. Prior to joining ADB, Kosintr worked at Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission, where he was responsible for international relations and

Anupma Jain is an urban planner and social policy specialist. She leads design and implementation project teams in integrated city planning, urban resilience and water supply, sanitation and hygiene. She has worked extensively on gender and health issues. She strives to ensure cities capture the relationships people have with urban space and investments in infrastructure and

Steven is a Disaster Risk Management Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He works across ADB supporting disaster resilient development and recovery. Before joining ADB in 2018, he worked for over a decade with the United Nations in New York, Dhaka and Kampala. You can follow him on Twitter @stevengoldfinch