Declan Magee is a Principal Economist in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department in the Asian Development Bank. He co-leads the Building Adaptation and Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalayas initiative and has led or co-led several other high-level initiatives including the Climate Change Action Plan. He was formerly the Deputy Country Director for ADB in Mongolia. He has 18 years’ experience working as an economist on trade policy, private sector development, macroeconomic reform, and climate change. He has lived and worked with both the private and public sectors in the Philippines, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Burundi. He joined ADB in 2017.
He holds a master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Trinity College Dublin. He is currently based in Manila, Philippines.