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Insider Briefing: Asia Foundation Development Fellows on Poverty and Urban Development

January 13, 2020

Two alumni of The Asia Foundation Development Fellows program discuss their work at the intersection of poverty and urban development.

Featuring

Iromi Perera, Urban Development Policy Researcher and Activist based in Sri Lanka
Badruun Gardi, Expert on rural-to-urban population shift in Mongolia
Nikita Desai, Associate Director of East Coast Philanthropy, The Asia Foundation (Moderator)

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