Muh Ulil Absor

Muh. Ulil Absor obtained his PhD from the School of Demography, The Australian National University. He has been working since 2010 as a lecturer at the School of Social Work, College of Dakwah and Communication, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta (the State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta). His research interests include the ageing population, child protection, youth employment and social protection. The topic of his PhD research project is “Inequality in Later Life in Rural Indonesia: Filling the Gaps in Meeting the Needs of Older Persons.”

Recording

This video presents DAY 1 recording of Social Protection for Economic Inclusion: Adapting the Graduation Approach in Asia and the Pacific.

Tuul Badarch

Tuul has worked in various sectors of ADB’s operation in Mongolia, including transport, energy and social protection. Currently, she is responsible for the urban development sector and manages several ADB-financed projects aimed to improve utility services and management in provincial towns. Prior to joining ADB Mongolia Resident Mission in 2005, she was a project manager for a World Bank-funded urban project and a researcher in the Democratic Party of Mongolia.

Designing and Implementing Adaptive Social Protection Systems

The Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) developed and delivered the six-week course "Designing and Implementing Adaptive Social Protection Systems" to ADB staff from 13 countries in November and December 2020. The course supported personalised and flexible learning with the help of technology and innovative pedagogy. EPRI finalised the course pedagogy based on a needs assessment undertaken prior to the training. The needs assessment aimed to ensure that the learning and capacity development programme delivered responded to the participants' needs.

Valentina Barca

Valentina Barca is an independent consultant with a focus on how delivery systems (e.g design and implementation aspects) can facilitate the responsiveness, inclusiveness and effectiveness of social protection systems. In recent years she has worked extensively on integrated information systems (including social registries), shock responsiveness, digital identity and voice and accountability mechanisms - all applied to the field of social protection and including research, policy design and implementation work in Asia, Africa and Latin America, across over 15 countries.