Deborah Ong is an analyst with experience working on energy and water sector projects in Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. She is currently working a World Bank project to scale-up energy efficiency in the building sector in Belarus. In 2014, she was part of a team that prepared a World Bank report with recommendations for the district heating sector in Belarus. As part of this assignment, Deborah conducted a stocktaking analysis of the Belarussian district heating system and helped incorporate draft reports from the team into a final report. 

Deborah has also worked on a power sector reform project in Timor Leste funded by the Asian Development Bank. As part of this work, she analyzed aspects of the power sector in Timor Leste such as its institutional, legislative and regulatory framework, and energy demand and supply characteristics, to prepare a draft of the reform options report. She also prepared a presentation evaluating the performance of the electricity operator in Timor Leste, EDTL. 

In 2013, Deborah conducted research to identify key challenges facing the power sector of Armenia and recommend potential solutions to address them. Specifically, Deborah analyzed the electricity sectors of Turkey, Georgia and Iran to determine Armenia’s potential to become a supplier to the region’s growing demand for energy. 

Deborah graduated with a BS in Economics and Political Science with departmental, and Latin honors, as well as a minor in Jewish Studies from the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.
