PCR: Asia y el Pacífico

La Sra. Amina J. Mohammed fue Ministra de Medio Ambiente de la República Federal de Nigeria desde noviembre de 2015 hasta diciembre de 2016, periodo durante el cual dirigió los esfuerzos del país en la acción climática, protegiendo el hábitat natural y conservando recursos para el desarrollo sostenible.

Antes de esto, se desempeñó como Asesora Especial del Secretario General Ban Ki-moon en la Planificación del Desarrollo Post-2015, donde fue instrumental en la realización de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, incluidos los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible.

Previo a unirse a la ONU, la Sra. Mohammed trabajó para tres administraciones sucesivas en Nigeria, sirviendo como Asesora Especial sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, brindando asesoramiento sobre temas como la pobreza, la reforma del sector público y el desarrollo sostenible, y coordinando programas por un valor de $ 1 mil millones anuales para los ODM e intervenciones relacionadas

También es profesora adjunta en Prácticas de Desarrollo en la Universidad de Columbia, y prestó servicios en numerosas juntas de asesoramiento y paneles internacionales, incluido el Panel de alto nivel del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Agenda de Desarrollo Post-2015, el Grupo Asesor de Expertos Independientes sobre la Revolución de Datos para Desarrollo Sostenible, el Programa de Desarrollo Global de la Fundación Bill y Melinda Gates, la Iniciativa del Milenio de las Mujeres Africanas, Girl Effect, la Reforma de la Unión Africana en 2016 y el Proyecto Internacional de Derecho a la Educación ActionAid.

La Sra. Mohammed comenzó su carrera de 35 años en el sector privado junto a arquitectos e ingenieros responsables de la gestión de proyectos de salud, educación y edificios del sector público.

Prior to joining ESCAP, Ms. Alisjahbana was Professor of Economics at Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung, Indonesia, a position she assumed in 2005. She joined Universitas Padjadjaran as a lecturer in 1988. Since 2016, she has served as Director for the Center for Sustainable Development Goals Studies at Universitas Padjadjaran and Vice Chair of the Indonesian Academy of Sciences.

She also serves on the Governing Board of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), and member of the Indonesian Academy of Sciences (Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia - AIPI), the Forum of Statistics Community (Forum Masyarakat Statistik or Advisory Council of the Indonesian Statistics), the International Advisory Board of the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies and Council Member of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI).

From 2009 to 2014, she was Minister of National Development Planning and the Head of the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), Indonesia. She served as Co-chair of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation from 2012 to 2014. From 2009 to 2014, she was Alternate Governor of the World Bank and Alternate Governor of the Asian Development Bank representing the government of Indonesia.

In 2016, she was a member of the High Level Independent Team of Advisors to support the ECOSOC Dialogue on the longer term positioning of the United Nations Development System in the context of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.

Ms. Alisjahbana has been involved in various research projects and consultancies to the United Nations University/Institute for Advanced Study in Tokyo, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia, the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the European Commission, and the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Ms. Alisjahbana earned her Bachelor degree in Economics and Development Studies from Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia, a Masters degree in Economics from Northwestern University, USA and a Ph.D in Economics from University of Washington, USA. She was awarded the Mahaputra Adipradana Order (Bintang Mahaputra Adipradana) from the Republic of Indonesia, honorary brevet from the Indonesian Navy and honorary flight wing from the Indonesian Air Force.

Kanni Wignaraja of Sri Lanka was appointed as the Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 18 November 2019. Ms. Wignaraja recently served as the Acting Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Management Services, UNDP and as Special Adviser to the UNDP Administrator, roles that she has performed throughout 2019, after working as the Director of the United Nations Development Operations Coordination Office (DOCO) from 2014 to 2018.

She brings over twenty-five years of experience of the United Nations mission and UNDP’s role in the sustainable development agenda. She has a deep knowledge of the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the global, regional and country level workings of UNDP, across policy, programme, management and operations. Ms. Wignaraja joined the Organization in 1990 as the Policy and Evaluation Officer of United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and has worked in various field as well as in UNDP’s Headquarters in New York, serving in the Asia and Pacific and the Africa Region. She also served in the Bureau for Development Policy in progressively senior positions, including that of United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Zambia.

She holds a master’s degree in public administration (Development Economics) from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from Bryn Mawr College, USA.