ADBI Experts
ADBI experts are available for media comment.
Expertise:
- Asian economic development
- Industrial development
- Small businesses in emerging economies
- Technology growth
- Labor productivity and employment
Peter J. Morgan, Senior Consulting Economist, Vice Chair
Expertise:
- Macroeconomic analysis of Japan and Asia
- Financial sector regulation, reform, and development
- Financial inclusion, fintech, financial literacy, and financial education
- Education and work in the digital age
- Climate change and green finance
Dil B. Rahut, Senior Research Fellow/Economist
Expertise:
- Development microeconomics
- Household economics
- Agriculture, food, and nutrition
- Natural resource and environment
- Rural development
Yixin Yao, Senior Research Fellow
Expertise:
- Fiscal policy
- International financial cooperation
- Sustainable development
- Green finance
- Elderly care and aging population-related economic policy
Dina Azhgaliyeva, Research Fellow
Expertise:
- Energy policy and development in Central Asia and Asia and the Pacific
- Green finance regulation and growth
- Renewable energy and energy efficiency
Expertise:
- Global capital flow developments and global imbalances
- Financial and business cycles in advanced and emerging economies
- Monetary and macroprudential policy effectiveness
- Local currency bond markets in Asia
- Climate risk and financial challenges
Daniel Suryadarma, Research Fellow
Expertise:
- Education system performance
- Social policy development, especially in education, health, and poverty reduction
- Inclusive economic development, women and the economy , marginalized people
- Impact of technology on social and economic outcomes
- Entrepreneurship, informal sector
Linda Arthur, Senior Capacity Building and Training Specialist
Expertise:
- Comparative policy analysis
- Education policy reform
- Project evaluation
- Portfolio management
Yongwook Lee, Senior Capacity Building and Training Economist
Expertise:
- Fiscal policy and fiscal sustainability
- Public debt management
- Public institution management, state-owned enterprise reform
- Digitalization of government services
Pitchaya Sirivunnabood, Capacity Building and Training Economist
Expertise:
- ASEAN/ASEAN +3 financial cooperation
- Regional financial cooperation and integration
- Bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements, especially in Thailand and ASEAN
- Foreign direct investment
- Aging societies and demographic transition
KE Seetha Ram, Senior Consulting Specialist for Capacity Building and Training Projects
Expertise:
- Infrastructure development in India, South Asia, and Asia and the Pacific
- Transport infrastructure, particularly high-speed rail and foreign industry investment; ADBI-JR Rail partnership efforts within the sector
- Natural disaster preparedness
- Urban resilience
- Water and sanitation policy, ADBI-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partnership efforts within the sector
- Climate change/sustainable economy
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