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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

Rebekah is a former staff member of the Asian Development Bank. She provides technical assistance to project operations in South Asia and the Pacific on the involuntary resettlement and indigenous peoples safeguards. She also supports integration of gender, poverty alleviation and core labor standards into project design. You can follow her on Twitter @RebekahRamsay2

Arup Chatterjee is Principal Financial Sector Specialist at the Asian Development Bank responsible for leading financial sector development initiatives and providing operational support in financial sector reform and development, regulatory and supervisory oversight architecture, insurance, pensions, financial inclusion, and Fintech. In addition, he has advised on disaster

Derek Hondo joined the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) as a Capacity Building and Training Associate in October 2019. His research interests include climate change, environmental policy, sustainable urban development, investments in infrastructure, and circular economy. He holds an MA in Global Environmental Studies from Sophia University in Tokyo and received his