Ramesh Subramaniam

Director General, Southeast Asia Regional Department

Ramesh Subramaniam has been with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) since April 1997. Previously, he was Senior Director at the Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI). At OREI, he managed 4 teams dealing with the 4 pillars of ADB’s Regional Cooperation and Integration Strategy, namely: Trade and Investment; Monetary and Financial Integration; Infrastructure Connectivity; and Regional Public Goods. Outside of ADB, he is a volunteer/coordinator at a School for about 170 children, that infuses basic, yet fundamental, human values of Truth, Peace, Right Conduct, Non-violence and Love, in education.

Should the Eurozone Crisis Dissuade Asia from Integrating?

I have a straight answer and a caveat. The answer is: Definitely Not. The caveat is: integration is a long-term process. Over time, Asia definitely needs to become more integrated in order to sustain its growth as well as its contribution to global growth. In the medium-term, Asia should exert concerted efforts to continuously boost regional cooperation.

Ramesh Subramaniam

After years of work by the people of Aceh and their development partners, those affected by the 2004 tsunami have achieved remarkable progress.

Leverage development experience to beat COVID-19

COVID-19 is uncharted territory but development professionals bring a wealth of experience from past crises to rebuild lives, livelihoods, and economies.

Ramesh Subramaniam