Rehan Kausar

Rehan was until recently a Principal Portfolio Management Specialist in SEOD. Before this, he was Head of the project Administration Unit and Senior Infrastructure Specialist in SEEN for 5 years. Rehan started his ADB career as an Infrastructure Specialist in IRM for 2 years and was then outpost to OPR for one year. Before ADB, he was a consultant to ADB and worked as an Advisor, Housing and Spatial Planning in ADB’s Extended Mission to Sumatra for almost 2 years. He also worked as a consultant to the World Bank. Before that, he spent his entire career in the private sector.

Asia Leadership Program 2015: Executive Level Session

Asia's leaders talked about finance, transport, and the environment, among other concerns at the Asia Leadership Program.



The third annual program was held in Tokyo, Japan with Institute for Global Environmental Strategies as the partner organization. About 14 ministers, vice-ministers, and secretaries in the areas of transport and infrastructure, finance, environment and conservation, forestry, and executive planning participated in the executive level session of the program.

Shin Sung Hwan

Sunghwan Shin is the President of the Korea Institute of Finance (KIF), a leading think tank in Korea focusing on financial policies. Prior to the KIF, he researched and taught at Hongik University and at the Korea Fixed Income Research Institute. He has also worked for the World Bank as a Senior Financial Officer managing the IBRD’s capital and risks of the IFC’s liquid assets. In 2013, he was the President of the Korea Pension Academic Association. Dr.

Innovative Finance to Help Close the Skills Gaps: Some Possibilities

This presentation introduces Washington-DC based non-profit Results for Development Institute, and focuses particularly on the organization’s education portfolio. It provides an overview of the global skills deficit and challenges, including suggestions on how to bridge the gap. The key features of innovating financing for development are also discussed.