Anuradha Rajivan is an advisor in the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Strategy and Policy Department. She is the ADB-wide focal point on MDGs and leads ADB’s partnership on the subject with Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and United Nations Development Programme. Before joining ADB she was the Practice Team Leader for Poverty and Inclusive Growth in Asia Pacific at UNDP and led the Regional Human Development Report series. Anu holds a PhD in economics.