Breakfast Briefing with S. Chander, Asian Development Bank

We are pleased to invite you to join us for a briefing and discussion with S. Chander. The discussion will focus on ADB's Regional and Sustainable Development Department (RSDD) initiatives in ASEAN member economies to strengthen the culture of quality, knowledge, and innovation for inclusive and sustainable development. ADB leverages its comparative advantages—expertise in identifying trends in the region; capacity for interdisciplinary and integrated approaches; and ability to blend knowledge and insight with large, concessional financing—to generate and share operationally relevant knowledge.

At the regional level, the TA Strategic Forum defines a focused and coordinated approach to identifying and organizing regional studies. At the country level, ADB incorporates knowledge management indicators, activities, and resources in the country partnership strategies to ensure that knowledge management processes are effectively mobilized in policy dialogues, and program development and implementation. At the project level, ADB encourages project teams to emphasize knowledge management-related considerations—innovative features of the project, prospects for impact evaluation, avenues for learning, etc—when developing loan and technical assistance proposals.

BIO:

S. CHANDER
Director General
Regional and Sustainable Development Department
ADB

Mr. Chander took his position as Director General of the Regional and Sustainable Development Department in April 2012. Prior to this, he was the Principal Director of the ADB’s Office of Information Systems and Technology, and concurrently the Chair of ADB’s Energy Community of Practice which provides advice and guidance to ADB’s operating departments on policy matters and initiatives in the energy sector. He has been with ADB since 1992 and has worked in the South Asia Department and Private Sector Operations Department during his career.