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Patrick Safran
Principal Operations Coordination Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Private Sector & Development author
As a focal point for fragile and conflictaffected countries, Patrick Safran supports ADB operations in this context. Previously, he helped develop ADB’s strategic and results-oriented approach to fragile situations: focal point for disaster and emergency assistance; ICT coordinator; project specialist and focal point for coastal and aquatic resources management. Prior to joining ADB, Patrick Safran was regional manager for Asia-Pacific and Latin America at French agricultural research agency CIRAD. He has PhDs in Agriculture from Tohoku University in Japan and in Natural Sciences from Lille University in France.
Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Bank was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution that would be Asian in character and foster economic growth and cooperation in one of the poorest regions in the world. ADB assists its members, and partners, by providing loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments to promote social and economic development. ADB is composed of 67 members, 48 of which are from the Asia and Pacific region.