Aekapol Chongvilaivan

Mr. Aekapol Chongvilaivan is a Senior Planning and Policy Specialist at ADB’s Strategy, Policy, and Partnerships Department (SPD). His role aims to strengthen operational procedures on loans, grants, and technical assistance under the New Operating Model to achieve ADB's long-term corporate strategy to 2030. He has more than 10 years of ADB's operations experiences in public sector management and governance reforms, preparing over $3 billion of policy-based loans, project loans, and TA for developing member countries in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific.

External Support for Decentralization Reforms and Local Governance Systems in the Asia-Pacific

Organized by the Governance Thematic Group of ADB in partnership with the Decentralization and Local Governance network, this learning event on External Support for Decentralization Reforms and Local Governance Systems in the Asia-Pacific: Better Performance, Higher Impact? focused on reform processes and their results in ADB's developing member countries. It reviewed both national reform processes, as well as support strategies and instruments provided by development partners.