Emiliano Bolongaita

Emiliano "Emil" P. Bolongaita is a Filipino academic, anti-corruption advocate, and international development specialist. He is currently a Principal Knowledge Specialist (Innovation) in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He formerly served as Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon University Australia (CMUA) and holds the title of Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University.

Career

Carnegie Mellon University Australia Bolongaita joined Carnegie Mellon University Australia in August 2013 as Deputy Executive Director and was appointed Executive Director in 2014.

Asian Development Bank Prior to his appointment at CMUA, Bolongaita held senior roles at the Asian Development Bank. He served as Unit Head of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC) and as a Public Management Specialist in the Bank's South Asia Department.

World Bank and USAID Bolongaita worked at the World Bank as director of the Global Distance Learning Program on Anti-Corruption in Asia-Pacific.

Academic positions In his academic career, Bolongaita has been a visiting professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, taught public policy at the National University of Singapore, and served on the faculty of the Asian Institute of Management.

Anti-corruption advocacy Fighting corruption in developing countries has been central to Bolongaita's career. In 2010, he authored a comparative study of anti-corruption agencies for the Chr. Michelsen Institute's U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, examining why Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission succeeded while similar bodies in other countries did not.

Bolongaita serves on the board of Integrity Initiatives International (III), a non-governmental organization advocating for the establishment of an International Anti-Corruption Court modeled after the International Criminal Court.

Awards In 2004, Bolongaita received the inaugural Kroc Institute Distinguished Alumni Award for an anti-corruption project he oversaw in Manila, Philippines.

Education Bolongaita received his PhD in Government and International Studies and a Master of Arts in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame (1989). He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.

Selected publications