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Wesley Ryan De Witt

Geo-Enabling initiative for Monitoring and Supervision, World Bank

Wesley De Witt is a Geographer and founding member of the World Bank's Geo-Enabling Initiative for Monitoring and Supervision (GEMS).  He leads the GEMS engagement in the East Asia & Pacific Region and heads a team of geographers, developers, and technical specialists dedicated to…

   Topic(s): Economics, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

William Derbyshire

Director, Economic Consulting Associates

William is ECA’s Director for Asia, based in Bangkok. He has over 22 years of experience in energy and regulatory economics. Prior to joining ECA in 2003, William worked with London Economics and Frontier Economics in the United Kingdom. He holds degrees in economics from the London School of…

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

William Easterly

Professor of Economics, New York University

William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University and Co-director of the NYU Development Research Institute, which won the 2009 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge in Development Cooperation Award. He is the author of three books: The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the…

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

Winnie Lewis

Head, Disability Inclusion, Employment & Employability, SG Enable

Winnie Lewis heads the Disability Inclusion team at SG Enable that provides advisory and consultancy support to organizations keen to employ persons with disabilities. The employer consultants on the team work closely with employers to integrate persons with disabilities at the workplace,…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Won Kuk Lee

Deputy Director, Geographic Information Institute

  

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Yaacob Bin Ibrahim

Professor in Practice, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

Professor Yaacob Ibrahim is currently Professor in Practice at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Advisor, Office of the President, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), as well as Director, Community Leadership and Social Innovation Centre (CLASIC…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Yan-You Chen

Project Specialist, International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF)

Yan-You Chen serves as a specialist of Honduras Forest Pest Management Project since 2018, with skills of forest management, RS/GIS and computer programming. Prior to this, he worked at the Laboratory of Earthquake under Professor Yih-Min Wu in NTU, to build earthquake early warning system in…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Yasuhiko Hotta

Director, Sustainable Consumption and Production Area, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Hotta holds Dphil in International Relations from the University of Sussex in 2004. Since joining IGES in 2005, he has been involved in various policy initiatives and research projects in relation to resource efficiency and circular economy such as G8’s 3R Initiative, Working Group for 3R Policies…

   Topic(s): Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Yasuyuki Sawada

Former Chief Economist, ADB

Yasuyuki Sawada was chief spokesperson on economic and development trends and led the production of ADB’s flagship knowledge products and support for regional cooperation fora. Before joining ADB, he was a Professor of Economics at the University of Tokyo and has led numerous large-scale…

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

Yeang Dane

Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning & Construction, Government of Cambodia

    

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure