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Aape Pohjavirta

Founder and President, Funzi

Aape Pohjavirta is the Founder and President of Funzi, a mobile learning service. Funzi gives the world’s billions of mobile users access to motivating and useful learning. An opportunity to develop skills to build a better tomorrow. High quality, relevant courses delivered with a combination of…

   Topic(s): Economics, Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Aaron Batten

Regional Director , ADB

Aaron Batten is the Regional Director for ADB’s Pacific Subregional Office in Suva, Fiji where he oversees the delivery of ADB’s financing and knowledge solutions in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu. Mr Batten has 18 years of international experience, across the…

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

Aaron Dennis

Social Development Specialist, ADB

Mr. Aaron Dennis is a Social Development Specialist with ADB's South Asia Energy Division. Prior to joining ADB, he worked with the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman for IFC and MIGA as well as with a private consultancy specializing in Indigenous Peoples development. As a practitioner, Aaron is…

   Topic(s): Energy
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Aaron Sexton

Environment Specialist, ADB

Aaron is a creative and accomplished Environmental Consultant/Specialist, an experienced Project Manager, and an award-winning entrepreneur. Broadly, his skills and experience derived from working across many projects spanning the U.K, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Uganda, Brazil, Swaziland and…

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

Abdo Yazbeck

Faculty and Associate Editor of Health Systems and Reform, Johns Hopkins University

Abdo Yazbeck is a retired World Bank Lead Health Economist and Manager. He is also an associate editor of Health Systems and Reform and a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. He works as an independent consultant supporting USAID, the World Bank, WHO,…

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

Abdul Abiad

Director, Macroeconomic Research Division, Asian Development Bank

Abdul Abiad oversees the ADB’s flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook. From 2000 to 2015, he was with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC, where he worked on the IMF’s World Economic Outlook. His research areas include financial sector development and international…

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

Abdul Arif

Project Manager, Grameen Shakti Bangladesh

Abdul Arif has been working as a Project Manager in Grameen Shakti since 2018. He has experience of working in the development sector for more than 9 years, specializing in clean energy, climate change, and sustainable rural development, Arif has played a pivotal role in shaping impactful…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Abdul Ghafoor

Associate Professor, University of Agriculture, Pakistan

Dr. Abdul Ghafoor is working as Associate Professor in the Institute of Business Management Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Currently he is also looking after the duties of Director of the institute. He earned his Ph.D. in Agricultural Marketing. Food entrepreneurship, value chain…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Abdul Malik Sadat Idris

Director for Irrigation and Water Resources , Ministry of National Development Planning/BAPPE, Indonesia

Abdul Malik Sadat Idris is the Director for Irrigation and Water Resources of Ministry of National Development Planning/BAPPE, Indonesia. Mr. Idris was a Panelist at the Resilient Infrastructure Recovery and Building Back Better by JICA, Japan, 2020. He was a Speaker at the Japan Exposure…

   Topic(s): Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Abdur Rouf Talukder

Senior Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh

Mr. Abdur Rouf Talukder joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in February 1988 (BCS 1985 batch). He worked in a wide range of government positions in his long illustrious career but his specialization in public finance and economic management has brought him back to Finance Division at almost every…

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty