Mia works on development policy research using microdata. Prior to joining ADB, she was a policy consultant for the Health Policy and Development Program (HPDP), where she provided technical support for tuberculosis programs in the Philippines. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of the Philippines.
Shingo is responsible for ADB’s operation on sustainable rural development and food security in East Asia. Prior to joining ADB, he was Economist and Agricultural Policy Analyst at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, where he conducted a series of policy research for productive, sustainable and resilient food and agricultural sector in
Souleima El Achkar Hilal is an economist and labor market information specialist, with expertise in skills development systems. After completing her M.A. Economics from Concordia University, Montreal, and her M.A. International Affairs from Carleton University, Ottawa, she worked as an economist for the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) in Ottawa, and the
Karin is a poverty and social protection specialist with more than 22 years of experience leading social policy dialogue and development program design and implementation with governments and civil society in East and Southeast Asia. She has focused on social assistance and cash transfers, multidimensional poverty analysis and poverty targeting, the graduation approach and
Eric works on various economic and statistics research including measurement of poverty, labor migration, remittances, supply and use tables, and input-output tables, among others. Before joining ADB, he was involved in the compilation of national accounts at the National Statistical Coordination Board and as research associate in the Philippine Statistical Research and