Pamela Lapitan has a degree in Statistics from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). Prior to joining ADB, she was officer-in-charge and statistical coordination officer of Regional Division IV of the National Statistical Coordination Board. She was also an instructor at the Rural Highschool and the Institute of Statistics of UPLB and worked for Bayer Philippines. Her interests are statistical analysis, planning and conducting surveys and experimental designs, geographic information system, poverty statistics, national accounts, and small area estimation.