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Daniel Sanchez

Public Procurement, Consultant

Daniel Sanchez is an International Public Procurement Expert with over 20 years of experience in international development. Currently based in Washington, DC, he supports several programs in Latin America and the Caribbean focused on the application of new technologies for electronic…

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

David Boland

Environmental Economist Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Division, ADB

Boland is an environmental economist in ADB’s East Asia Department, where he contributes to the ADB’s efforts to support environmentally sustainable growth in the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia. His work aims to ensure the economic and environmental sustainability of investments, including…

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

David Conn

Member, Papua New Guinea Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Conn has been a long-term resident of PNG since 1977, when he arrived as a volunteer teacher in Manus Province. After a career in teaching and running his own business for 15 years he became involved with the Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 1988. He has over 27 years’ experience…

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

Dewi Bramono

Deputy Director for Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement, Asia Pulp and Paper

Dewi Bramono is the Deputy Director of Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement of APP Indonesia. Bramono is responsible in driving and monitoring the implementation of standards and global best practices that improve the sustainability of APP’s operations in Indonesia. She is a key contributor to…

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

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

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

Don Pomb Polye

Minister, Ministry of Higher Education of Papua New Guinea

The Honourable Don Pomb Polye hails from Wabag in the Enga Province, within the Kandep Electorate. He did his Primary and High School in the Western Highlands Province from 1975 (Grades 1-6) to 1984 (Grades 7-10). Minister Polye was selected to do his Secondary Education at the Passam National High…

   Topic(s): Education, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

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

Ehtisham Ahmad

Professor,Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science

Professor Ehtisham Ahmad has been Directing a Project on Sustainable Transitions in China and Mexico, at the Grantham Research Institute at the LSE over the past three years. He also worked with the ADB to provide recommendations for consideration for the 14th Five Year Plan. During the past decade…

   Topic(s): Economics, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities