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Ayako Inagaki

Director, South East Asia Department, Human and Social Development Division, ADB

Ayako Inagaki is the Director of ADB's South East Asia Department, Human and Social Development Division. She leads the planning, implementation, and supervision of ADB's lending and non-lending operations in the social sectors, that includes education and skills development, health, and social…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Aziz Elbehri

Senior Economist and Stream Leader, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Aziz Elbehri is a senior economist at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) since 2008. Currently, he leads the socio-economic development and policy group at the FAO AsiaPacific Regional office in Bangkok. Aziz specializes in climate and food systems interactions, agricultural…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Aziz Haydarov

Senior Portfolio Management Specialist, Azerbaijan Resident Mission, ADB

Aziz, a national of Tajikistan, joined ADB in 2009 as a Young Professional (Economics). In 2011-2012 he continued there as Country Economist. From 2013–to March 2015, he was a PPP Specialist at the Southeast Asia Department’s Public Management and Finance Division. From April 2015 to June 2017, he…

   Topic(s): Economics
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan

Co-Founder and Partner, Infinite Sum Modelling LLC

Dr. Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan is an affiliate faculty member and senior economist with the School of Environmental and Forestry Sciences, University of Washington-Seattle. Furthermore, he co-founded Infinite Sum Modelling LLC, with offices in Canada, the USA, India, China, and Hong Kong, and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Bakytgul Khambar

Director, Ministry of National Economy, Kazakhstan

Bakytgul Khambar is providing expert and analytical support for building an integrated national financing system in the Republic of Kazakhstan. She conducted gender analysis of the documents of the local executive body for planning and budgeting for the period 2017-2020 (on the example of Akmola…

   Topic(s): Economics
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Barry Eichengreen

George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

Barry Eichengreen is Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He is a fellow of the American Academy of…

   Topic(s): Economics, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Bart Édes

Director, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB

Mr. Édes is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and non-resident Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He specializes in the analysis of international development and trade policy issues, Asia's transformation, and major trends…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Bénédicte Nolens

Centre Head, Hong Kong Centre, BIS Innovation Hub

Bénédicte is an accomplished senior executive in the financial industry with 20 years of global experience. She has in-depth experience in implementing risk governance frameworks, including leveraging data analytics, Fintech, and Regtech. She has Law and MBA degrees.

   Topic(s): Economics, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

BoonHiong Chan

Head of Securities Market and Technology Advocacy APAC Securities Services, Deutsche Bank

20 years of banking experience includes corporate and product development, P&L leadership, and market expansion. He is familiar with transaction banking operations and is specialising in securities market and technology. He is active in topics including business models; crypto/digital assets,…

   Topic(s): Economics, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Bryant Kim

Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hyuncheol Bryant Kim is an Associate Professor in Economics Department at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University (on leave). He is an applied empirical micro-economist focusing on causal…

   Topic(s): Economics, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals