Gloria Steele Keywords agricultural economist agricultural credit land tenure food security natural resource management Read more about Gloria Steele A career member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service, Gloria Steele was the USAID Mission Director for the Philippines and the Pacific Islands prior to her appointment as Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Asia. Ms. Steele served as the Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Global Health. She assumed this position in January 2005, overseeing an average annual health program budget of $1.5 billion and a staff of 240. From 2001-2004, she served as Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia.
Visions of Asia's Water Realities Read more about Visions of Asia's Water Realities In 2001, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved its Water for All policy to promote water as a socially vital economic good that needs increasingly careful management. One imperative of the policy was to raise awareness on water challenges and the urgent need to address them. Two years later in 2003, as part of a bank-wide water awareness program, ADB launched the Water Voices documentary series, a set of seven compelling documentaries about people finding local solutions to important water-related problems in Asia and the Pacific.
Mandalay: Urban Prospects Under Transition Read more about Mandalay: Urban Prospects Under Transition Profound changes are happening in Myanmar. Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city, has various development potentials though resources are limited. There is a need for Mandalay to be competitive to attract an increasing number of foreign direct investments.