Irfan A. Qureshi is an Economist in the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department at ADB, where he contributes to macroeconomic surveillance, monitoring, and research while working for ADB’s flagship publication, Asian Development Outlook (ADO). His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals on topics relating to monetary policy and debt dynamics. Irfan joined ADB as a Young Professional, first in ADB’s Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, then in the Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Division in the Central and West Asia Department (CWRD). He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom.