Celia Reyes Keywords Governance and public sector management poverty assessments social protection programs city government Read more about Celia Reyes Dr. Celia M. Reyes is the first woman president of Philippine Institute for Development Studies. She specializes in the field of econometrics and has conducted and published numerous research and policy papers on poverty assessments and evaluations of social protection programs. She is also the network leader of the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS), providing free technical assistance to local government units in the country in the implementation of the CBMS.
Fiscal Challenges and Social Welfare Reform in Mongolia Read more about Fiscal Challenges and Social Welfare Reform in Mongolia Mongolia has been facing various economic challenges in recent years. Its gross domestic product growth decelerated, its fiscal deficit widened, and government debt decreased. It needs to ramp up its social protection programs to assist the poor and most vulnerable.