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Emmanuel Jimenez

Director General, Independent Evaluation Department
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Emmanuel Jimenez

Emmanuel Jimenez is Director General, Independent Evaluation Department of the Asian Development Bank. Reporting to ADB’s Board of Directors, his responsibilities include assessing ADB’s development effectiveness, as well as providing lessons to inform ADB operations. 

He was the Executive Director and CEO of 3ie. He led and conducted impact evaluations and evidence reviews and provided strategic direction to the organization as it championed the generation and use of evidence to guide decisions regarding policies and programs that improve lives in low and middle-income countries. 

He had worked for 30 years in the World Bank Group and held several senior management roles across several departments. He was a faculty member of the Economics Department of Western University in London, Canada. 

He has published extensively, including articles in peer-reviewed professional journals, books and reports on economic development and served as managing editor of several international development journals. 

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