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亚洲城市如何扭转日益加剧的不平等？
亚洲及太平洋地区的城市化速度超过世界任何其他区域。到2050年，该地区城市人口将从目前的22亿增至34亿——相当于每年新增约两个德里规模的城市。本地区的未来将取决于如何管理城市扩张进程：是带来共享繁荣与福祉，还是加剧排斥与脆弱性。
Kanni Wignaraja
Ms. Kanni Wignaraja began her role as UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific in November 2019. Before, Ms. Wignaraja served as the Acting Assistant Administrator and Director of UNDP’s Bureau of Management Services and as Special Adviser to the UNDP Administrator. Prior to this she was the Director of the UN Development Operations Coordination Office (UNDOCO) from 2014 to 2018 and the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Zambia.
Ms. Wignaraja has over twenty-five years of experience with the UN and UNDP, working on the sustainable development agenda. She has a deep knowledge of the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the global, regional and country level workings of UNDP, across policy, programme, management and operations.
Prior to joining the UN, Kanni worked with the Ford Foundation in New York. Kanni has contributed to numerous papers, articles and conferences in areas of public policy, institutional reform, capacity development, human rights and leadership.
Ms. Wignaraja holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration (Development Economics) from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Bryn Mawr College.
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