Myanmar: Working with Incentives and Identifying Common Ground to Produce a Collaborative, Inclusive Fisheries Law

The Rakhine Fisheries Law is a new benchmark for Myanmar both in terms of delivering equitable resource sharing and, crucially, as a replicable model for consultation and public participation in policy-making. This case demonstrates that despite decades of repressive state machinery, with the right process, government departments can embrace new ways of working and thinking.

The United Nation’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance: A Pioneering Global Sustainability Framework and Initiative

The insurance industry faces a number of environmental, social, and governance issues. The Principles for Sustainable Insurance of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative serves as a global framework for the insurance business to address these issues.

Ramola Naik-Singru

Ramola Naik Singru is a Principal Urban Development Specialist with the Asian Development Bank with over 23 years of experience.

She is leading investment projects for developing livable cities (green, inclusive, competitive) and delivering climate-resilient urban infrastructure and services. She leads innovative initiatives for livable cities, regional cooperation, and tourism. She led the development of Integrated Urban Action Plans (IUAPs) in Georgia and Green City Action Plans (GCAP) in several cities through participatory planning.