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Yoonee Jeong
Yoonee Jeong is a Senior Digital Technology Specialist with the Digital Technology for Development Unit at ADB. She is a public policy professional with nearly 20 years of international experience in digital technologies in Asia Pacific and Africa.
Before joining ADB, Yoonee was the Director of Public and Regulatory Affairs with the Telenor Group, a global mobile operator. Previously, Yoonee served as a senior consultant on digital economy policy and capacity building to the World Bank and UN-ESCAP and lead policy advocacy for tech companies as Director of Research and Consulting with TRPC, an advisory firm. A Korean native, Yoonee obtained her Master's degree in International Development Policy from Duke University as a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Scholar and her bachelor's from the Ateneo de Manila University of the Philippines.
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Last Mile Connectivity: Addressing the Affordability Frontier
This working paper addresses the challenge to implement "last mile" solutions that deliver affordable internet connectivity to communities in Asia and the Pacific region.