Principal Evaluation Specialist, ADB Profile / Bio Profile / Bio Sonia leads Evaluation Capacity Development at IED covering developing member countries and ADB staff. She brings 30 years of international development experience from ADB, World Bank and the private sector in infrastructure operations across sectors. She has been with ADB since 2011, holding multiple responsibilities from project leader in the urban sector, evaluation, environment safeguards and technical assistance programs. She was appointed the Sr. Advisor to the Vice President of Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development in 2015. She has published knowledge products on livable cities, nature-based solutions and climate adaptation. She holds a MS in environment engineering from College Park, USA, B. Arch from Chandigarh, India, Executive Education certificate in the “Leading Economic Growth” Program, from Harvard University, and an Executive Diploma in Urban Management Tools for Climate Change from Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Follow on Materials Title Date Learning Materials Topics ADB's Evaluation System and Lessons Learned from Pakistan 22 August, 2024 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Evaluation Learning from Evaluation for Improving Project Effectiveness 6 September, 2022 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance Nature Based Solutions (Green infrastructure): Climate Adaptation 9 November, 2021 Slides Climate Change, Environment Sustainable Infrastructure Development Strategies (SIDS) for SIDS 8 October, 2019 Slides Capacity Development, Climate Change, Environment, Knowledge Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities 27 August, 2015 Slides Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management, Urban Development Session Video - Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities 27 August, 2015 Multimedia Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management, Urban Development Interview Video - Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities 27 August, 2015 Multimedia Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management, Urban Development Urban Development and Water (Southeast Asia) 25 March, 2015 Slides Urban Development, Water Green Cities Initiative 12 December, 2013 Slides Urban Development, Water Viet Nam: Secondary Cities Development Project 29 October, 2013 Slides Economics, Urban Development Ecological Considerations: Why Go This Far? 14 March, 2013 Slides Environment, Urban Development, Water