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Janaka Fernando

Head and Senior Lecturer, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Janaka Fernando is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Business Economics, and Director of the Postgraduate Centre for Business Studies, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. He holds a PhD in International Development from Nagoya…

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

Jane Parry

Health Analyst, Parry, Frow & Associates Ltd

Jane Parry is a health analyst and communications specialist. She has been a consultant with ADB since 2014, and has extensive experience working with multilateral development agencies, the UN system, and the private sector. She has multi-sectoral expertise, including social determinants of health…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Jane Romero

Technical Assistance Officer, The Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility

Jane Romero is a Technical Assistance Officer in the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF). Jane has an engineering and economics background and has worked in various aspects of infrastructure development in many countries in Asia and the Pacific for over 15 years. In her present role in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Private Sector, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jane Toothill

Flood Risk and Insurance Specialist, JBA Risk Management

Dr. Jane Toothill holds a BSc and Ph.D. in natural hazard studies and has over 20 years of experience in the modelling of flood hazards to assess financial losses and to support the development of financial mechanisms, particularly in the insurance sector. Jane is JBA’s Director for its specialty…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Janine Elora Lazatin

Economics Writer on Gender Dimension of GVCs (Consultant), ADB

Janine is an economics research consultant, working on research projects related to infrastructure investments, urbanization, global value chains, and COVID-19. Aside from these topics, her fields of interest include the economics of innovation and health economics.  She graduated Magna cum…

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

Jason Bogovich

Lead Consultant for the Southeast Asia Development Solutions, ADB

Jason Bogovich has over 19 years of experience in the energy, housing, and economic development fields with extensive knowledge of policy and procedural deliveries of local, state, regional, national and international programs in Asia. He has also implemented effective “Innovation through…

   Topic(s): Economics, Energy, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jason Rush

Principal Operations Communications Specialist, Southeast Asia Regional Department, ADB

Jason is ADB’s Team Leader for Communication, Knowledge and External Partnerships in Southeast Asia. He leads the department’s knowledge management work, and provides strategic communications guidance for complex projects.

   Topic(s): Economics, Knowledge Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Javier Guzman

Division Chief, Health, Nutrition and Population, Inter-American Development Bank

Mr. Javier Guzmán is Division Chief for Health, Nutrition, and Population at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He leads the Bank’s health sector strategy and portfolio across Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on improving health systems, enhancing pandemic preparedness, and…

   Topic(s): Economics, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Jaya Singh Verma

Policy Advisor and SRO, Indo-Pacific Regional Team, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

Jaya Singh Verma is presently Policy Advisor with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office working with the Indo-Pacific Regional Team. She is the Senior Responsible Officer for the Managing Climate Risks for the Urban Poor (MCRUP) Programme. She has over 20 years of development experience…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Jayant Menon

Visiting Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

At the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Jayant Menon plans to continue his work on trade and investment issues and economic development in the Asian region. He left the Asian Development Bank as a Lead Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist. He was also at the ADB Institute in Tokyo…

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