BA, University of the Philippines; PhD in Economics, Yale University. With World Bank: worked on countries including Bangladesh, Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Laos, Nicaragua, Pakistan and Philippines contributing to public expenditure reviews, country economic assessments; three years as Lead Economist, for East Asian countries, Human Development Department; Co-Author, three World Development Reports; until 2009, Manager, Research Department, heading team focused on human development areas, including education; currently, also Senior Spokesperson for global policy and strategic education issues in developing countries.