Maneesh Mishra

Dr. Maneesh Mishra is the Executive Vice President of Strategy, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). He focuses on initiatives and good practices in promoting the social inclusion of social identity groups and poverty reduction.

Dr. Maneesh spoke about how inclusive design of skill development and entrepreneurship programs can help navigate through barriers of gender, caste, and intersectional disadvantages.

Soyoung Kim

Soyoung Kim is a PhD candidate in International Public Policy at the University of Tokyo and Fox International Fellow at Yale University. Her research interest includes development economics, education economics, and impact evaluation. She has worked as an international consultant at the Asian Development Bank and research associate at the Asian Development Bank Institute. Soyoung holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Tokyo and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.

Emmanuel Jimenez

Emmanuel (Manny) Jimenez is an economist who is currently a non-resident senior research fellow at 3ie. Most recently, after five years Manny stepped down as 3ie’s executive director in January 2020. Prior to this, he spent several years at the World Bank Group where he provided technical expertise and strategic leadership in a number of research and operational positions including as director of the bank’s operational program in human development in its Asia regions from 2000-2012 and as director of public sector evaluations from 2012- 2014.

Michael Diza

Michael Diza has been with ADB for more than 10 years. Prior to joining ADB, he worked at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of the Philippines and a master’s degree in Economics from De La Salle University.

Community Road Safety and Safe Routes to School 4 - Monitoring and Evaluation

Having a clear distinction between monitoring and evaluation is an important component of a community road safety program. It is equally essential to employ both summative and informative evaluation methods and identify the information sources relevant to program monitoring. This module explains the rationale for undertaking evaluations and provides guidance for establishing practical evaluation.