Satvinder Singh

Satvinder Singh is the Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Economic Community for 2021-2024. In his capacity as the Deputy Secretary-General, he provides strategic advice to the Secretary-General of ASEAN for advancing ASEAN’s economic integration agenda as well as to lead the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Department of the ASEAN Secretariat in implementing the AEC Blueprint 2025.

ASEAN Economies: The Road to Recovery

At the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the ASEAN region responded relatively well to the crisis compared with other parts of the world, with travel restrictions and country-wide lockdowns keeping the spread at bay.

As of April, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecast Southeast Asia's gross domestic product to grow at 4.4% in 2021, which would take the region back to pre-COVID-19 levels.

Satoru Yamadera

Satoru Yamadera is an Advisor at the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department of the Asian Development Bank. Mr. Yamadera has been serving the Secretariat of the Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI) of ASEAN+3 since 2014.

He has vast experiences in capital market development, payment systems, fintech, cybersecurity, and regional financial cooperation.

SERD Policy Talk (SPOT): Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and How It Can Transform the Economies in the Region

The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and five regional partners (Australia, Japan, New Zealand, PRC, and Republic of Korea) signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on 15 November 2020. RCEP is seen as the biggest free trade agreement in history and could have strong influence on the future economic developments of the region. Listen to the full session below.

Rodrigo Fermin Martinez

Mr. Rodrigo is a consultant working with the Asian Development Bank (SERD) under the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility (ACGF). He has over ten years of experience in originating, structuring, and implementing infrastructure projects. Prior to joining ADB, he was a Southeast Asia Business Development Manager at CENTUNION S.A., a Spanish General Contractor specialized in industrial and transport projects, and worked also as Trade and Investment Advisor in the Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Manila.

SERD Policy Talk (SPOT): Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and How It Can Transform the Economies in the Region

The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and five regional partners (Australia, Japan, New Zealand, PRC, and Republic of Korea) signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on 15 November 2020. RCEP is seen as the biggest free trade agreement in history and could have strong influence on the future economic developments of the region. Listen to the full session below.