Saswati Ghosh Belliappa
Principal Safeguards Specialist (Social), Office of Safeguards, Asian Development Bank

Saswati serves as principal safeguards specialist (social) with the Policy and Technical Services Team in ADB’s Office of Safeguards. Her experience spans development planning and social safeguards, bridging policy and operational practice. She advocates for development that benefits vulnerable communities and has a particular interest in affordable housing and its role in fostering inclusive and resilient communities.

Insight

In communities exposed to earthquakes, landslides, and glacial floods, safer housing requires affordable construction and careful settlement planning.

Explainer

Experience from two projects shows digital tools for database management help ensure a fair and transparent process and efficient resource allocation.

Explainer

An urban housing project in India is using carefully sequenced interventions to help climate-vulnerable households relocate to safe areas and sustainably rebuild their lives.