Innovators in accessibility: Making our world more inclusive Read more about Innovators in accessibility: Making our world more inclusive This presentation gives an overview on the role of technology in enabling all people, including persons with disabilities, to achieve their full potential.
Cognizant X MS Enabler Read more about Cognizant X MS Enabler This presentation gives an overview on creating a culture of inclusion for underrepresented groups in tech and building their skills for strategic markets.
Pratibha Kurnool Keywords economics labor markets civil society Quality jobs digital inclusion Read more about Pratibha Kurnool Pratibha Kurnool leads Outreach, Cognizant’s employee volunteering program, in Asia-Pacific and is also the Outreach lead for driving collaborative impact with strategic technology partners. She is based in Singapore.
Enabling Workplace Disability Inclusion Read more about Enabling Workplace Disability Inclusion This presentation gives an overview on the process of enabling workplace to commit in disability inclusion.
Winnie Lewis Keywords economics labor markets civil society Quality jobs digital inclusion Read more about Winnie Lewis Winnie Lewis heads the Disability Inclusion team at SG Enable that provides advisory and consultancy support to organizations keen to employ persons with disabilities. The employer consultants on the team work closely with employers to integrate persons with disabilities at the workplace, supporting their disability inclusion journey with the aim of attaining the Enabling Mark, a national-level accreditation framework by SG Enable that benchmarks and recognizes organizations for their best practices and outcomes in disability-inclusive employment.
Pratima Amonkar Keywords ADB inclusion economics ICT labor markets civil society Quality jobs digital inclusion Read more about Pratima Amonkar As Microsoft's APAC Leader for Cloud and AI business strategy, Pratima spearheads the work Microsoft does to empower customers, partners, governments, and citizens to digitally transform their businesses and lives with the power of Cloud and AI. She leads the strategy, planning, and programs to collaborate with customers, governments, industries, and communities to leverage the world’s largest and most trusted cloud infrastructure network.
Shaping a Better Employment Landscape for People with Disabilities in Asia-Pacific Read more about Shaping a Better Employment Landscape for People with Disabilities in Asia-Pacific
Heghine Manasyan Keywords conomic growth and development political economies of transition labor markets poverty and education privatization and underground economies Read more about Heghine Manasyan Heghine Manasyan has a Doctoral degree in Economics with broad experience in research, teaching, and policy analysis. Her primary areas of expertise include economic growth and development, political economies of transition, labor markets, poverty and education, privatization, and underground economies. Dr. Manasyan is an author of over one hundred publications and articles.
Guntur Sugiyarto Keywords principal economist nvestment tourism economics labor markets poverty CGE modeling trade liberalization taxation commodity prices biofuel and food security education infrastructure fragility and migration Read more about Guntur Sugiyarto Guntur has published a significant number of papers on a wide range of development issues, such as competitiveness, investment, tourism economics, labor markets, poverty, CGE modeling, trade liberalization, taxation, commodity prices, biofuel and food security, education, infrastructure, fragility, and migration. Before joining ADB in 2004, he worked for the universities of Nottingham and Warwick in the United Kingdom and the Central Bureau of Statistics in Indonesia.
Matching Skills and Labour Markets in Sri Lanka: Results-Based Lending as Reform Vehicle Read more about Matching Skills and Labour Markets in Sri Lanka: Results-Based Lending as Reform Vehicle The technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector in Sri Lanka is reforming at sector level because of strong early champions in the Ministry of Finance and Planning (MoFP) and, subsequently, change agents at sector level with strong network and knowledge both about the MoFP and the sector agencies. Initial roadmaps for reform produced by technical assistance were slowly taken over by government and modified to a better fit to the context.