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Mr. Robert J. Dobias
NGO Network Coordinator
Asian Development Bank

Mr. Dobias has lived and worked in Asia for 23 years, beginning as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand in 1978. During the following years, he spent most of his time in rural Asia working for governments and national and international NGOs to promote the integration of economic development with environmental conservation and social protection.

Mr. Dobias joined the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 1994 as an Environment Specialist. He was selected to head ADB’s newly established NGO Center at the end of February 2001.