Dr. Barton is an international development and public finance expert with over 20 years of experience advising governments, development banks, and donors on fiscal reform, public financial management, and digital governance. She began her career in Pakistan’s Civil Services at the Federal Board of Revenue, digitalization and modernization of the tax authority under a World Bank-led reform program before moving into senior advisory roles across Asia, Africa, and the Pacific with USAID, MCC, and the World Bank. Uzma is currently consulting with the Asian Development Bank and co-chairs the SID-US Development Finance Work Group and focuses on helping governments design and implement sustainable, people-centered digital and fiscal systems that balance technology with the governance and political economy realities needed for sustained impact.