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Jeremiah Paua

Senior Policy Officer, Department of National Planning & Monitoring, Papua New Guinea

   

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Industry and Trade, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Jindra Samson

Senior Economist, ADB

Jindra is a senior economics officer at ERCD of ADB, where she contributes to various analytical research on agricultural and natural resources, climate change and low-carbon growth, economic analyses of investment projects, and country diagnostic studies. Before ADB, she was an assistant scientist…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Ki-joon Kim

Independent Consultant, ADB

Mr. Kim has over 30 years of professional experience and academic research in the transport sector in Koreas and United Kingdom and has worked with public and private institutions on various transport and urban transport projects. He is currently working in ADB. Since joining ADB in 2010, he has…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 15: Life on Land

Komal Sinha

Senior Director, Plastics and Sustainable Development Policy and Markets, Verra

​As the demand for Verra’s Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards, Plastic Waste Reduction Standard, and Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard grows, Komal leads on Verra’s policy engagement and market development related to these programs. Komal is a climate…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Laxmi Sharma

Unit Head, ADB

Laxmi Sharma is the Unit Head of Project Administration, Water and Urban Development Sector Office at Asian Development Bank. An engineer with over 25 years of experience in integrated urban planning and development, water and sanitation, solid waste management, inclusive city development, urban…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Mark Laska

Founder and President, Great Ecology

Mark Laska is one of the United States foremost authorities on ecological restoration, environmental strategies, wetland mitigation and conservation banking, natural resource damage evaluation and restoration, and is an ecologist and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience. Laska is an…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Milan Thomas

Young Professional (Economist), ADB

Milan joined the ADB in September 2020. He has a decade of experience in the design, implementation, and evaluation of development innovations from previous positions at USAID and Results for Development Institute (Washington D.C.). His work includes agriculture, development finance, education,…

   Topic(s): Economics, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China [node:field_last_name]

Unknown, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, formerly the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China (MEP), and prior to 2008 known as the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), is a department of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It…

   Topic(s): Environment, Health, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Mohammed Sayeedul Haque

Portfolio Management Officer, South Asia Regional Department, ADB

Mr. Sayeed possesses 20 years of versatile experience in the civil engineering field, focusing on transport, urban, rural, and water resources development sectors in Bangladesh. He worked inthe  Design Section in a renowned consulting firm in Bangladesh, then in the United Nations in…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Naranbayar Purevsuren

H.E. Naranbayar Purevsuren serves as the Minister of Education and Member of Parliament of Mongolia. Appointed in July 2024, he leads major national reforms to improve education quality and equity, strengthen teacher development, advance competency-based curriculum reform, and accelerate digital…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

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