{"id":16688,"date":"2021-10-04T07:01:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T11:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/?page_id=16688"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:43:12","slug":"task-force-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/task-force-members\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span>The Task Force on Climate, Development and the International Financial Architecture <\/span><\/b>is a consortium of experts from around the world utilizing rigorous, empirical research to advance a development-centered approach to climate change across the international financial architecture (IFA).<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/profile\/sara-jane-ahmed\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/gdp\/files\/2021\/09\/ahmed.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Sara Jane Ahmed<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Managing Director and Finance Advisor to the V20 Ministers of Finance<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/profile\/john-asafu-adjaye\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/gdp\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_1384.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">John Asafu-Adjaye<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Senior Fellow, African Center for Economic Transformation<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/profile\/amar-bhattacharya\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"118\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/gdp\/files\/2017\/08\/bhattacharyaa_portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Amar Bhattacharya\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Amar Bhattacharya<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/profile\/kevin-p-gallagher\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"134\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/gdp\/files\/2017\/06\/Kevin-Gallagher-680x1024-2-e1496964146965.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Kevin P. 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