ADB country director to join
KELLY Bird, Country Director for the Philippines of Asian Development Bank (ADB), has confirmed his participation in The Manila Times Economic Outlook 2019 on March 6, which will have the theme “Riding the Tailwinds: Pursuing Growth and Value Amid Rising Global Risks.”
Bird was appointed to the position in January 2018. Prior to this assignment, he was director of the Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division in the Southeast Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank.
He joined the ADB in June 2006, specializing in regulatory governance and reforms, financial sector development, trade and investment policy and employment policy, among others. While at ADB, he has worked with governments on various economic development programs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Myanmar and Thailand.
Prior to joining the ADB, he worked as part of a USAid-funded project with the Indonesian government from 1999 to 2005, and in 2006 as a consultant on trade policy with the World Bank in Jakarta. He has also worked in several southern African countries on competition policy and private sector development.
He graduated with a Ph.D. in economics from the Australian National University in 1999. He has published several papers in international journals, including Applied Economic Letters, Bulletin of Indonesian Studies, Journal of Development Studies, Oxford Development Studies, Southeast Asian Affairs, World Economy and World Development.
The forum expects to gather the movers and shakers of trade and industry at the Mayuree Ballroom of Dusit Thani Manila, in Makati City, on Wednesday, March 6, to hear top policymakers and business leaders make the case for the Philippines’ continued viability as an investment and growth hub.
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