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David YanagizawaDrott

Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University

David Yanagizawa-Drott is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research interests include economic development and political economy, with special focus on civil conflict, health, information and mass media. He has explored issues such as the impact of hate…

   Topic(s): Economics
   SDG: 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

Donghyun Park

Principal Economist, ADB

Dr. Donghyun PARK is currently Principal Economist at the Economics Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which he joined in April 2007. Prior to joining ADB, he was a tenured Associate Professor of Economics at Nanyang Technological University in…

   Topic(s): Economics
   SDG: 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

Edimon Ginting

Country Director, ADB

Mr. Ginting heads ADB country operations in Bangladesh. He manages country relations and looks after a $13 billion portfolio covering energy, transport, urban infrastructure, water supply and sanitation, education, agriculture and natural resources, and finance sectors. He oversees the…

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

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

Elisa McLennan

Associate/ Economics Skills Leader , Arup

Elisa is a consulting professional at Arup with over 15 years’ experience in the development of feasibility studies and business cases across a range of social and economic infrastructure projects. Prior to consulting she worked with the Australian Agency for International Development with a…

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