Sangay. Penjor

Sangay Penjor, Former Director of the East Asia Urban and Social Sectors Division (EASS), former research officer for the central bank of Bhutan, and the Royal Monetary Authority. He had been with ADB for 27 years. 

​He left his position in ADB in October 2021.

Panya Boonsirithum

My life journey has exposed me to different fields of work from fashion, farming to real estate. This diversity of experiences has showed me great social insights and taught me to be innovative and think out of the box in dealing with complexities. One of the last projects that I was part of, CITIHUB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0WC0pTMVFs was our company's CSR. The projects mission was to provide dignified housing for the working class Filipinos.

Communication for Difficult Stakeholders in Urban Water Projects

Slum dwellers, rural poor, and migrant populations are seen as difficult stakeholders in water and electricity projects. Governments see providing utility services for informal settlers as legitimizing the settlements. The Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program used behavior change communication to break the myths about difficult stakeholders and bring clean water to the city. The publication, The Dhaka Water Services Turnaround, chronicles the transformation of water services delivery to communities.

Event Report

This report summarizes the event proceedings of the Learning Event on Localizing Global Agendas held at the ADB headquarters on 27–29 September 2016 jointly organized by the Governance Thematic Group of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Development Partners Network on Decentralisation and Local Governance (DeLoG). The event aimed to explore current approaches by countries in the Asia-Pacific region and by development partners for localizing the global agendas and for ensuring the role of subnational governments in urban development and climate change activities.

The Energy Effect of Urban Water Security, Lessons from the Australian Millennium Drought, and Related Analysis

Urban water supply and use have a large energy impact. Rising energy use and cost also pose signficant risks to the water sector. Better understanding and management of the links between water and energy could help countries formulate a sustainable, whole-system approach that would ensure water and energy security and resiliency.

Quantifying the Energy Effect of Urban Water Security

Experts from the University of Queensland presented a systemic analysis of energy use in Australia's urban water system in this event on Quantifying the Energy Effect of Urban Water Security: Case Studies from the Australian Millennium Drought. Discussions included related work on water and electric utility planning, benchmarking city-scale water-energy performance, analysis of water-energy linkages within residential water use, and emerging tools and frameworks for decision making.

Performance of Irrigation Investments

Countries in the Asia and Pacific region are undergoing relatively rapid transitions from largely agrarian rural societies to increasingly urbanized communities. As Asian Development Bank and other development partners assist countries manage these transitions, rural development investments must adapt to the changing needs of both rural and urban communities.