New country director for ADB in Cambodia
The Asia Development Bank‘s Cambodia Resident Mission has appointed Eric Sidgwick as its new country director. Sidgwick aims to focus his efforts on promoting an inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth, said a press release issued by the Asia Development Bank (ADB) yesterday. Sidgwick started working at the ADB in 2007 as the senior country economist in Cambodia. In 2010 he was appointed the principal economist for regional cooperation in the ADB’s Southeast Asia Department. In this new role Sidgwick will ensure effective support for programs aimed at developing five priority sectors: transport, water supply, sanitation and urban development, agriculture and natural resources, education and finance – with the goal of fostering inclusive economic growth and social development.
