Joven Balbosa leads efforts in securing foreign development financing and formulating policies related to external resource mobilization. He was a former Advisor at the Asian Development Bank's Southeast Asia Department. He holds a master’s degree in Development Economics from Williams College, a diploma in Advanced Specialization in Development Economics from the University of Colorado and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of the Philippines. He has more than 30 years of experience in macroeconomics, public sector management, country strategy formulation, programming, and evaluation.