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Erik has been seconded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation to assist ADB in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change programming, and resilience into its operations. He has been involved in the DRR field during the last 18 years and previously worked for UN agencies such as UNDP, OCHA, UNICEF, and WHO in Europe and Asia. He has been member of
Satish Reddy is a Consultant on regional cooperation and trade facilitation for SARC division of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is working on South Asian Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) program involved in regional cooperation, trade, transit and transport facilitation and customs cooperation matters in the SASEC countries, on behalf of Asian Development Bank.
Unika works on the education and skills sectors in South Asia. Prior to joining ADB, she worked with the World Bank education team for three years, most recently on the flagship World Development Report 2018 on education in which she assessed the role played by inherent system complexities as well as political economy forces in implementing education policies and programs. She
Saibal Kar is currently Professor of Economics at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), India and a Research Fellow of the Institute for Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn, Germany. His research interests are in the fields of labor economics, particularly migration of labor, and international economics. His book International Trade and Economic Development
As part of ADB's Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Stephane Bessadi leads on innovative water and wastewater practices and energy efficient technologies from the water service industry, working with ADB regional departments on projects including but not limited to Georgia, India, Nepal, and the People's Republic of China. He also supervises the Water