Speakers

                                    Peter Brimble

                                    Principal Country Specialist

                                    Deputy Country Director

                                    Myanmar Resident Mission

                                    Asian Development Bank

                                                              Yangon

 

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Peter Brimble has worked extensively in Central, South-East and North Asia on industrial efficiency, investment promotion, foreign direct investment, private sector development, and public policy issues. He has carried out research on industrial and technological development, FDI, and government policy issues across the region In the past two decades, Peter has worked on trade, investment and business development issues in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). He presently oversees GMS issues in the ADB Myanmar Resident Mission.

Peter joined the ADB Cambodia Resident Mission as Senior Country Economist in July 2010. In March 2014, he moved to the ADB Myanmar Resident Mission as Deputy Country Director and Principal Country Specialist.

Peter is an Economics graduate of the London School of Economics, Georgetown University, the University of Sussex, and Johns Hopkins University. His Ph.D. thesis examined the productivity performance of Thai manufacturing firms.