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Dr. R. Subramaniam¯was Associate Professor of Science Education at the National Institute of Education in Nanyang Technological University in Singapore until his recent retirement. Previously, he was worked at the Singapore Science Centre to popularise science and technology to students and the public. Recently he also worked as a STEM Education consultant for ADB.

Mara is part of the teams that produce the Asian Economic Integration Report and Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index, where she provides research and data support and handles the overall coordination for the preparation and dissemination of publications. She manages a team of consultants for the maintenance and improvement of the Asia Regional Integration

Arghya supports the implementation of ADB’s Integrated Disaster Risk Management Framework, the key objective of which is to strengthen disaster resilience in ADB’s developing member countries. He supports integrating disaster resilience considerations in ADB projects in different sectors and themes. Arghya is closely involved in designing interventions that strengthens

Shanti Jagannathan has over 25 years of experience with reforms and transformation in school education, technical and vocational education and training and higher education in Asia. She has led policy research studies on skills for greening economies, Asia’s knowledge-based economies, and implications of industry 4.0 on education and training.

Shawn Hunter is an Industry Fellow (APEC) at Griffith University’s Asia Institute, and an accomplished international development practitioner and researcher. Shawn has 13 years’ experience designing and implementing economic development programs across the Asia-Pacific region with a particular focus on financial inclusion and the digital economy. Much of his career has centred

Peter’s work focuses on ADB’s finance sector operations in East Asia. He supports and leads origination, processing, and implementation of lending projects, guarantees, and technical assistance, as well as the delivery of knowledge products and solutions. Previously, he worked as Economist in ADB’s Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, focusing on issues

Mia works on development policy research using microdata. Prior to joining ADB, she was a policy consultant for the Health Policy and Development Program (HPDP), where she provided technical support for tuberculosis programs in the Philippines. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of the Philippines.

Shingo is responsible for ADB’s operation on sustainable rural development and food security in East Asia. Prior to joining ADB, he was Economist and Agricultural Policy Analyst at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, where he conducted a series of policy research for productive, sustainable and resilient food and agricultural sector in

Souleima El Achkar Hilal is an economist and labor market information specialist, with expertise in skills development systems. After completing her M.A. Economics from Concordia University, Montreal, and her M.A. International Affairs from Carleton University, Ottawa, she worked as an economist for the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) in Ottawa, and the

Karin is a poverty and social protection specialist with more than 22 years of experience leading social policy dialogue and development program design and implementation with governments and civil society in East and Southeast Asia. She has focused on social assistance and cash transfers, multidimensional poverty analysis and poverty targeting, the graduation approach and