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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.
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,