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Vice-President Ursula Schaefer-Preuss

Ursula Schaefer-Preuss
Vice-President Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank

Ursula Schaefer-Preuss is Vice-President of ADB for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development. She assumed office in November 2006.

Ms. Schaefer-Preuss is responsible for ADB's Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Economics and Research Department, and Office of Cofinancing Operations. » Read more

News Releases
Climate Change Threatens Asia's Food Prices, Energy Security, Population Balance: ADB (30-Sep-2009)
Climate change poses fundamental threats to Asia's food and energy security which, if left unchecked, will result in an upsurge of migration into already overburdened mega cities, according to three major new studies funded by ADB. » Read more
Asia Must Promote Employment, Support Those Without Decent Jobs, ADB Says (30-Sep-2009)
Creating the conditions for good jobs and, more importantly, social protection programs for those unable to find decent work is an urgent priority for governments in Asia and the Pacific, ADB Vice-President Ursula Schaefer-Preuss told a conference in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, today. » Read more
ADB Hosts Meeting of Joint ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative (10-Sep-2009)
Strengthening the independence and accountability of anti-corruption agencies is key to poverty reduction and sustainable development in the Asia and Pacific region, participants at an anti-corruption seminar in Manila heard on Wednesday. » Read more

Speeches
High-level Intergovernmental Meeting to Review Regional Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and its Regional and Global Outcomes (17-Nov-2009)
Presentation by ADB Vice-President Ursula Schaefer-Preuss at the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting to Review Regional Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and its Regional and Global Outcomes on Closing Gender Gaps in Achieving the MDGs, 17 november 2009, Bangkok, Thailand.  » Read more
South Asia Regional Department Book Launch (11-Nov-2009)
Welcome and Introductory Remarks by ADB Vice-President Ursula Schaefer-Preuss at the South Asia Regional Department Book Launch, 11 November 2009, ADB Headquarters, Mandaluyong City » Read more
Sub-regional Workshop on Aligning Policies and Strategies to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals in South Asia (4-Nov-2009)
Speech by ADB Vice-President Ursula Schaefer-Preuss at the Sub-regional Workshop on Aligning Policies and Strategies to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals in South Asia, 4-6 November, Kathmandu, Nepal » Read more

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