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R.H.W.A. Kumarasiri is the Director General of the Department of National Planning Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies in Sri Lanka.
Topic(s): Economics, Education
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Aape Pohjavirta is the Founder and President of Funzi, a mobile learning service. Funzi gives the world’s billions of mobile users access to motivating and useful learning. An opportunity to develop skills to build a better tomorrow. High quality, relevant courses delivered with a combination of…
Topic(s): Economics, Education, ICT
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
B. V. Phani is the head of the Department of Industrial & Management Engineering at IIT Kanpur.
His research interests are financial intermediaries, credit risk modeling, entrepreneurial finance, innovation, entrepreneurial ecosystems, market micro-structure and valuation, and …
Topic(s): Economics, Education, Industry and Trade
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Professor Bruce Chapman is an economist and has worked at The Australian National University since 1984. He has extensive experience in public policy, including the motivation and design of the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (the first national income-contingent loan scheme using the income…
Topic(s): Economics, Education
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education
Economics and strategy consultant; former public servant managing the development of smart and sustainable districts in Singapore. Passionate about leveraging my experiences in consulting and the public sector to promote positive socio-economic outcomes in the Asia Pacific region.
Key areas of…
Topic(s): Economics, Education
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Jason is ADB’s Team Leader for Communication, Knowledge and External Partnerships in Southeast Asia. He leads the department’s knowledge management work, and provides strategic communications guidance for complex projects.
Topic(s): Economics, Knowledge Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Kate Vyborny is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Economics at Duke University. She holds a D.Phil. (Ph.D.) in Economics from the University of Oxford. Previously, she worked on research and policy outreach on foreign aid, trade and development at the Center for Global Development and…
Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Poverty, Transport
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 15: Life on Land
Ludovica De Santis is a young economist with an international profile. She holds an MSc in Economics and Strategy for Business from Imperial College Business School, and a BSc in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Royal Holloway University, London. After gaining some valuable experience in the…
Topic(s): Economics, Education
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Michael Kremer is the Gates Professor of Developing Societies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Presidential Faculty Fellowship, and was named a Young Global Leader by the…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics, Education, Health, Water
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Najma is the Chief Economist in the Global Public Policy team at Netflix. Prior to working for Netflix, she was Chief Economist at the UK public service broadcaster for over thirteen years. She has also worked in the UK government and as an economic consultant. She started her career working as a…
Topic(s): Economics, Education
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals