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Loveleen is a published writer, a Civil Servant, and Podcaster. Her career spans over forty years. I worked for the Indian government for over thirty years and in Corporate Social Responsibility for another seven years.
Simultaneously, she has been writing children's fiction and adult…
Topic(s): ICT, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Madhumita Gupta is a Principal Safeguard Specialist at the Asian Development Bank. She attended the Delhi School of Economics, where she obtained here master's degree in sociology.
Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Ms. Suga joined ADB in 2004 and worked in the Southeast Asia (SERD) and Pacific Regional Department (PARD) including a two-year assignment to the Lao Resident Mission. She also worked for the European Investment Bank (EIB) where she led the process of drafting and introducing EIB’s first social…
Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Muh. Ulil Absor obtained his PhD from the School of Demography, The Australian National University. He has been working since 2010 as a lecturer at the School of Social Work, College of Dakwah and Communication, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta (the State Islamic University…
Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Ms. Nasheeba Selim is currently working as the Social Development and Gender Specialist in the Bangladesh Resident Mission, ADB. In the past, she has worked with UNDP Bangladesh and been directly involved in the administration of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility where she worked…
Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Niklas Engbom is a Junior Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He will serve as an Assistant Professor at the Stern School of Business of New York University from July 2019. His research interests include Macroeconomics and Labor Markets, particularly how labor markets interact with…
Topic(s): Economics, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Professor Norma Mansor is the Director of Social Wellbeing Research Centre (SWRC) at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, a position she holds since 2013. She is a professor at the Department of Administrative Studies and Politics at the Faculty, where she served as…
Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Omer Bin Zia works with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Pakistan Resident Mission (PRM) as a Senior Project Officer (Social Sectors). He manages ADB’s social sector portfolio and pipeline in social protection, health, and education sectors in Pakistan. Most recently he has co-led the…
Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Piyasiri Wickramasekara is Vice-President of Global Migration Policy Associates; he is an internationally recognized expert in development, migration, and employment issues. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge (UK). He joined the International Labour Organization in…
Topic(s): Civil Society, Poverty, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Prabhjot works in ADB's Gender Equity Thematic Group and provides support for the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the ADB Policy on Gender and Development and Strategy 2030’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Operational Plan, 2019-2024. She has many years of experience in…
Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions