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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