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A blog to promote dialog on development in South Asia

About us

About us

This blog is maintained by the South Asia Region of the World Bank Group. Its goal is to exchange ideas on how to end poverty in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Joe Qian

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Blog Coordinator

Joe Qian works on web development, editing, and coordinating the blog for South Asia. He previously worked on the Second China project for the State Department and graduated from the University of Florida with degrees in Political Science and East Asian Language and Literature. He's an avid tennis player, pianist, and travels as much as he can with a passion for anything new and exotic.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for the blog, contact him here or shoot an email to jqian@worldbank.org.