Muhammad Jameel Sear Keywords capacity development infrastructure development Read more about Muhammad Jameel Sear Mohammad Jameel Sear is a prominent figure in the field of digital government and public sector transformation. He is a Partner at Ernst & Young (EY) in the United Arab Emirates, focusing on consulting services in the AIM (Africa, India, and the Middle East) region.
Francisco Moreno Velo Keywords business outreach infrastructure development Read more about Francisco Moreno Velo Francisco Moreno Velo is currently the Head of Business Development at ACCIONA Southeast Asia Infrastructure. Francisco (Paco) has extensive experience in designing and delivering diverse civil infrastructure projects, such as viaducts, highways, ports, airports, oil and gas, and industrial warehousing. During his career, Paco has worked at OHL Group, as Latin America Director and Asia Pacific Director, amongst other international appointments.
Validation Workshop on Digital Infrastructure Read more about Validation Workshop on Digital Infrastructure
Altaf Iqbal Keywords agriculture water management infrastructure development cost analysis investment budgets Read more about Altaf Iqbal Dr. Altaf Iqbal is an economist with over 35 years of international consulting experience across diverse projects, including agriculture, water management, and infrastructure development. He has excelled in developing policies, conducting institutional reforms, and performing economic evaluations. His expertise extends to cost analysis, investment budgets, planning, training, feasibility studies, socio economic surveys, pricing models, and area development studies.
Book Launch Webinar: Infrastructure Spillover Impacts in Developing Asia Read more about Book Launch Webinar: Infrastructure Spillover Impacts in Developing Asia Quality infrastructure development could give developing Asia a critical boost by enhancing growth and eradicating poverty, especially during the time of economic crisis. However, the growing demand for public funds for health, education, and social welfare programs diminishes the allocation of public funds for infrastructure.
Policy Maker E-Training Course: Applying Principles of Quality Infrastructure Development in Asia Read more about Policy Maker E-Training Course: Applying Principles of Quality Infrastructure Development in Asia The Asian Development Bank report Supporting Quality Infrastructure in Developing Asia emphasizes the importance of the Group of 20 (G20) Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment for sustainable development and recovery.
Presentation from Ministry of Economy, Republic of Fiji Read more about Presentation from Ministry of Economy, Republic of Fiji This presentation gave an overview of regional planning in infrastructure development from the Government of Fiji's perspective.
Srijana Bhattarai Keywords community engagements social impact assessments resettlement livelihood restoration infrastructure development Read more about Srijana Bhattarai Srijana is a Senior Social Safeguards Advisor at the USAID and Australia Mekong Safeguards Program, implemented by the Asia Foundation. As a social practitioner, she has worked in various sectors with diverse communities leading community engagements, social impact assessments, resettlement and livelihood restoration planning and designing benefit sharing mechanisms. She brings extensive field experience and best practices to the Mekong Safeguards Program which aims to strengthen environmental and social performance in infrastructure development in the Mekong subregion.
Kanupriya Gupta Keywords micro small medium-sized enterprises infrastructure development skills development social protection enhancing labour productivity economics Read more about Kanupriya Gupta Kanupriya Gupta is an economist at the Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Division of the South Asia Department. Her work focuses on strengthening micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises; infrastructure development; skills development; social protection; and enhancing labour productivity for poverty reduction in India. She completed her doctorate degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.
Infrastructure Financing in Asia Read more about Infrastructure Financing in Asia This presentation gives a brief overview of the book, "Infrastructure Financing in Asia", a collection of papers which aims to give insights and guidance for policymakers and researchers about what Asia needs to do to mobilize financing for infrastructure. It also includes an overview of all 11 chapters of the book.