Dysfunctional Agriculture Markets and Malnutrition Read more about Dysfunctional Agriculture Markets and Malnutrition This session discusses the impacts of dysfunctional agricultural markets on farmer profits, low farm productivity, bad food quality, high prices for consumers, and the devastating impact on malnutrition. Panelists and participants gave recommendations to improve policies and regulatory frameworks and to make key investments in market infrastructure and nutrition programs.
Christiaan Kaptein Keywords Investments finance economics Read more about Christiaan Kaptein Christiaan Kaptein is a Partner and member of the investment committee at Integra Partners.
Shu Tian Keywords ERCD ADB economics financial services and institutions Investments empirical asset pricing Read more about Shu Tian Shu Tian is a Principal Economist at the Economic Research and Development Impact Department (ERDI) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Prior to joining ADB, she was an Associate Professor of Finance at Fudan University in China. Her main working area is financial sector development, sustainable and climate finance, and digitalization. Her work has been published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Finance and Accounting.
E N Venkat Keywords venture capital startups Investments corporate finance project finance Read more about E N Venkat E.N. Venkat is a Partner at Aavishkaar Venture Management Services (AVMS) and leads its first regional fund – the Aavishkaar Frontier Fund (AFF). Founded in 2002, the Aavishkaar - Intellecap Group now manages assets of over one billion dollars, thru a mix of fund and balance sheet vehicles. Venkat has over 30 years of experience in the Financial Services and Corporate sector in different parts of Asia.