Emma Allen heads the mission’s economics, strategy, and programming unit. She also supports the design and implementation of ADB loans and technical assistance related to public financial management, state-owned enterprise reform, Sustainable Development Goals, knowledge and analytical support, and business environment. Before joining ADB in 2016, she was a labor market economist with the International Labor Organization. She received her PhD in economics in 2015 and her bachelor’s degree in economics and education in 2004 from the University of Newcastle, Australia.