18 January, Wednesday (9:00am-10:30am)
The opening session of the Forum will be a panel discussion around the topic of “development impact”. We’re trying to get a range of perspectives on this issue, as ERCD, in its new mandate as ERDI, will be working on developing a development impact rating approach to guide project selection and design- maximizing development impact across ADB operation.
Office of the President
Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development
Keynote speaker: Emmanuel Jimenez, Director General, Independent Evaluation Department
Panel discussion:
- Albert Park, Chief Economist and Director General, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation
Department (ERCD) - Tetsushi Sonobe, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute
- Susann Roth, Advisor, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department and Chief of Knowledge Management
- Lu Shen,Director, Results Management and Aid Effectiveness Division, Strategy, Policy, and Partnerships Department