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08 April 2008 Ajay Chhibber new Director of Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
United Nations — The UNDP Administrator is pleased to announce that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ajay
Chhibber of India as Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and
Director of UNDP's Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. Mr. Chhibber replaces Mr. Hafiz Pasha, who finished his assignment
in December 2007. Mr. Chhibber will lead the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, a region which is now by far the most rapidly growing
region in the world. Yet, while there is impressive progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, there remain significant
problems of poverty, environmental constraints and equity. The Bureau concentrates its efforts on supporting the Governments
of the region in facing these challenges and consolidating the progress made. Mr. Chhibber has had a very diverse career at the World Bank for over 25 years covering both research and policy issues,
and has worked across Asia. Currently he is the Country Director for Vietnam, where he manages over $1billion in lending.
He has previously been Director of the Independent Evaluation Group and a manager in the Eastern European and Asian Departments
of the World Bank. He was Staff Director on the World Development Report in 1997 and has served as a Senior Economist at the
World Bank. He has published widely on development and policy issues. Before joining the World Bank Mr. Chhibber was a consultant researcher for FAO and the International Food Policy Research
Institute. Prior to that he worked at the Indian Planning Commission and was also a lecturer in economics at the University
of Delhi. He holds a PhD from Stanford University and an MA from the Delhi School of Economics. About UNDP: UNDP is the UN's global network to help people meet their development needs and build a better life. We
are on the ground in 166 countries, working as a trusted partner with Governments, civil society and the private sector to
help them build their own solutions to global and national development challenges. |
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