Singaporean SMU professor appointed to World Bank-backed global panel on skills to raise incomes and reduce poverty

 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Singaporean psychologist Professor David Chan (陈振中教授) from the Singapore Management University (SMU) has been appointed to a new global expert panel jointly established by the World Bank Group and the Center for Global Development. The Global Advisory Panel on Skills (GAPS) is tasked with identifying the most effective skills interventions to raise incomes and reduce poverty in low- and middle-income countries, as governments worldwide grapple with widening skills gaps due to lack of enabling environments amid the advances in digital technology…READ FULL ARTICLE