Babur Wasim is an economist with more than 15 years of experience in the development sector, focusing on agriculture economics, job creation for marginalized labour, and designing impact evaluation studies. His expertise includes project development, project costing, and economic analysis, along with methodologies for project progress monitoring and impact evaluation. He has worked in seven countries on projects funded by various entities including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, USAID, covering themes like agriculture development, poverty reduction and microfinance.

Mr. Ueda has 22 years of professional experience, including 16 years with the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He joined ADB in 2008 as a Natural Resources Economist in the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Division, East Asia Department and progressed to Senior Natural Resources Economist. In 2017, he was appointed as Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Economist in the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Division, Southeast Asia Department.