SUMMARY
Special economic zones represent new communities, approximately 100 million people and workers and are the economic engines of Southeast Asia. During this session, I will share professional experience in working across several special economic zones within the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). I will also introduce new work initiated by the Asian Development Bank that will fundamentally shift how SEZ development occurs.
Speaker Profile:
Dr. Janis Shandro
Asian Development Bank HIA/SEZ Expert Consultant
She has a co-disciplined PhD in engineering and population health. Since graduating from UBC in 2011, her work and research have focused on identifying and managing community health and safety risks associated with large-scale development projects and industrial incidents globally. Prior to joining the Asian Development Bank as a consultant, she led community health and safety assessments, management and investments for one of Vietnam’s largest infrastructure projects.