Let us not "Lockdown" the SDGs
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About the Event
The rapid spread of COVID-19 in 2020 triggered severe public health and economic crises across the world including in Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) member countries. MDB’s have focused on crisis response, supporting its member countries contain the spread of the disease and protect the vulnerable. But over this one year the pandemic has placed the world on a standstill, leading to a delay in the progress or implementation of SDGs.
Over the past one year 70 countries have halted childhood vaccination programs and, in many places, health services for cancer screening, family planning, or non-COVID-19 infectious diseases have been interrupted or are being neglected. Even before COVID-19 the world was off track to end poverty by 2030 and now, an estimated 71 million additional people could be living in extreme poverty due to COVID-19. Similarly, the ambition under SDG to end hunger was faltering before COVID-19 but the COVID-19 crisis has added to pressure on production, supply chains, and household incomes, with the poorest being most affected. Access to water and sanitation remains a major health issue. 2·2 billion people remain without safe drinking water and the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted lack of access to sanitation for billions. The world has made progress on SDG gender equality goals, with fewer girls being forced into early marriage and more women entering leadership roles. However, women's wellbeing has suffered during the COVID-19 outbreak, with incidences of domestic violence increasing by 30% in some countries and a greater demand on women for unpaid care work.
The panel discussion Let’s not “Lockdown” the SDGs will be held in the backdrop of Independent Evaluation Departments 2021 Annual evaluation Review (AER) which assesses ADB’s institutional response and support for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how the pandemic may affect them. The discussion will be forward looking and will focus on the road ahead.
The audience for the panel discussion will include Asian Development staff and the Evaluation Cooperation Group.
Over the past one year 70 countries have halted childhood vaccination programs and, in many places, health services for cancer screening, family planning, or non-COVID-19 infectious diseases have been interrupted or are being neglected. Even before COVID-19 the world was off track to end poverty by 2030 and now, an estimated 71 million additional people could be living in extreme poverty due to COVID-19. Similarly, the ambition under SDG to end hunger was faltering before COVID-19 but the COVID-19 crisis has added to pressure on production, supply chains, and household incomes, with the poorest being most affected. Access to water and sanitation remains a major health issue. 2·2 billion people remain without safe drinking water and the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted lack of access to sanitation for billions. The world has made progress on SDG gender equality goals, with fewer girls being forced into early marriage and more women entering leadership roles. However, women's wellbeing has suffered during the COVID-19 outbreak, with incidences of domestic violence increasing by 30% in some countries and a greater demand on women for unpaid care work.
The panel discussion Let’s not “Lockdown” the SDGs will be held in the backdrop of Independent Evaluation Departments 2021 Annual evaluation Review (AER) which assesses ADB’s institutional response and support for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how the pandemic may affect them. The discussion will be forward looking and will focus on the road ahead.
The audience for the panel discussion will include Asian Development staff and the Evaluation Cooperation Group.
Speakers
| Nome | Título | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Karen Murray | Alternate Executive Director, Board of Directors | Karen is New Zealand’s representative at the ADB Board of Directors. Prior to joining ADB she worked at NZ’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the NZ Commerce Commission and Lehman Brothers in London. |
| Neeta Pokhrel | Chief of Water Sector Group, SDCC | She has over 25 years of experience working with ADB, private sector, international consulting firms, NGOs & water utilities. She leads strategic development of ADB’s water sector & provides KM & implementation support to operational departments to meet ADB’s goals of resilient & water secure Asia. |
| Joanne Asquith | IETC Director, IED | Prior to ADB, she worked in African Development Bank, as Chief Evaluation Officer. She has Master’s degree in Economic and Social Studies; Bachelor’s degree in Economics; and certification in Teaching from Victoria University of Manchester. She has 28 years of international development experience. |
| Naheed Sarabi | Assistant Resident Representative (Prosperity) | Former Deputy Minister for Policy of Ministry of Finance, Director General for Analysis & Monitoring at the Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance, and also served as policy advisor. She has over 10 years of development related experience in both government & NGOs. |
| Hyun Son | Principal Evaluation Specialist, IED | Prior to ADB, she was a poverty specialist in UNDP. She also worked for World Bank and taught at Macquarie University. She published over 30 journal articles & 3 books in economic development. She has PhD(Economics) from University of New South Wales & Masters(Public Policy) from Harvard University. |