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M.V. Lee Badgett

Professor of Economics, Williams Institute

M. V. Lee Badgett's new book is "The Economic Case for LGBT Equality: Why Fairness and Equality Benefit Us All" from Beacon Press. Her research focuses on economic inequality for LGBT people, including wage gaps, employment discrimination, and poverty, and on the global cost of homophobia and…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Ma Luisa (Lulu) Zuniga-Carmine

Gender Specialist, Consultant, ADB

Ms. Ma Luisa (Lulu) Zuniga-Carmine is a Gender Specialist, who has over 20 years of experience working on poverty, involuntary resettlement, and gender in 14 Pacific countries including Kiribati, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu and Fjij. She has also worked in Asia including Sri Lanka, Kyrgyztan, Mongolia and…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Maciej Grodzicki

Adviser, Systemic Risk & Financial Instituions Division, European Central Bank

Maciej Grodzicki is an Adviser at the Systemic Risk and Financial Institutions Division of the European Central Bank. He works extensively on topical banking issues in the euro area banking sector, and on calibration of capital buffers for systemically important banks. He has been actively…

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

Madhu Khanna

Professor in Environmental Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Khanna obtained her PhD and MS from the University of California, Berkeley. For research, she has worked on diverse topics ranging from technology adoption and agro-environmental policy analysis, voluntary approaches to environmental protection and the land use, market and greenhouse gas…

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

Mahbub Rabbani

Senior Economics Officer, Bangladesh Resident Mission, ADB

Mahbub Rabbani has extensive experience as an economist, and policy and program professional including about 3 years with ADB as a Senior Economics Officer, having expertise in economic analysis, country strategy and programming, knowledge management, and project economic and financial analysis. He…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Mahua Acharya

Assistant Director-General and Head of Investment and Policy Solutions, Global Green Growth Institute

In her current capacity, Acharya drives GGGI’s Green Investment Advisory Services to support GGGI member countries develop and seek financing for green investment projects, conceptualize knowledge products that build a strong theoretical and empirical base for green growth, build capacity for green…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Economics
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, 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

Malika Shagazatova

Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Malika Shagazatova is a Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) at Asian Development Bank (ADB). She has many years of experience in mainstreaming gender into programs and projects in transport, urban infrastructure, energy, education and health.  Before joining ADB she…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Manasbek Zhakshybaev

former Business Analyst, ADB

Manasbek is currently working as Public Procurement Trainer Company Nunder the Ministry of Finance of Kyrgyz Republic. He was former business analyst at ADB.

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

Maneesh Mishra

Executive Vice President, Strategy National Skill Development Corporation, Government of India

Dr. Maneesh Mishra is the Executive Vice President of Strategy, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). He focuses on initiatives and good practices in promoting the social inclusion of social identity groups and poverty reduction. Dr. Maneesh spoke about how inclusive design of…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Manju Senapaty

Former Member, Appeals Committee, Asian Development Bank

Manju is currently working in the Appeals Committee in ADB. When she was an ADB staff, she was the focal point on aid effectiveness issues, and had also worked in the Southeast Asia Department. Prior to joining ADB, she was an economist with the UK Department for International Development.

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