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Dhawal Jhamb

Principal Markets Development Advisory Specialist, ADB

Dhawal Jhamb is a medical doctor and MBA with majors in Finance & Operations. He has a total work experience of about 20 years with over 12 years in project finance and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). Dhawal previously Dhawal leads IFC’s PPP Transaction Advisory Services in the health and…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Dilshan David

Executive (Sustainability and Environmental Management), Heritance Kandalama

David possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Sciences and currently reading for the master’s degree in Environmental Management, has been awarded the Presidents Medal for the Environmental Pioneer program conducted by the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka. Having served many years in the…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Dinesh Shiwakoti

Unit Head, Project Administration, ADB PRM

Currently Head, Project Administration Unit, Pakistan Resident Mission, Islamabad. Before joining ADB, Dinesh worked in Vietnam, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, and Nepal. He has extensive experience in physical infrastructure projects in planning, designing, procuring, executing and implementing…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Dipal Chandra Barua

Founder, Bright Green Energy Foundation

Barua is the pioneer of solar energy in Bangladesh and played a role in the conceptualization resulting to the initiation of Grameen Bank project in later part of 1976. From then Barua started his creative work as a co-founder of Grameen Bank and dedicated himself 35 years for building Grameen Bank…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Durai Jayaraman

Director of Global Programme, International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR)

Durai Jayaraman is the Director of Global Programme at the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR). Durai has designed and managed large-scale bamboo and rattan-based livelihood development and environmental management programmes across Africa, Asia, and Latin America for over two…

   Topic(s): Economics, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Edward Glaeser

Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University

Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992.  He teaches urban and social economics and microeconomic theory. He has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and…

   Topic(s): Economics, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Emily Pindilli

Director of the Science and Decisions Center and Chief Economist, U.S. Geological Survey

As a PhD environmental economist, Emily focuses on a diverse portfolio of environmental and informational economics research topics including the value of scientific information, ecosystem services assessment and valuation, methods to integrate multi-disciplinary analyses to support…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Eri Honda

Principal Urban Development Specialist, ADB

Prior to joining ADB, Eri worked for the Japan International Cooperation Agency. She studied at the Asian Institute of Technology. She also worked with ADB's Viet Nam Residence Mission.     

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Fred Wurster

Hydrologist (Infrastructure Management Division), National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Fred has worked as a wetland hydrologist with more than 20 years of experience developing water management strategies and implementing hydrologic restoration on National Wildlife Refuges in the United States. He has worked in a variety of wetland ecosystems, both inland and coastal, from…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Ganjina Fazilova

Regional Cooperation Coordinator, ADB

Ms. Ganjina Fazilova is specialized in project management and international development. She graduated from the Russian-Tajik Slavonic University and has a master’s degree in Development Policies and Practices from Geneva Graduate Institute. She has 12 years of work experience with ADB: first as…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities